The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19. juni 2000 - 848 sider Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... never once spoke in the Commons. He also took his place among the literary circles of London. The first volume of his famous History was published in 1776; it was highly praised for its learning and style but incurred some censure for ...
... never once spoke in the Commons. He also took his place among the literary circles of London. The first volume of his famous History was published in 1776; it was highly praised for its learning and style but incurred some censure for ...
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... never an enthusiast for the armed struggle, in which he found the issues of right and wrong obscure, the practical consequences appalling. It may be that here we can trace the influence of Burke, and of Charles James Fox, whom Gibbon ...
... never an enthusiast for the armed struggle, in which he found the issues of right and wrong obscure, the practical consequences appalling. It may be that here we can trace the influence of Burke, and of Charles James Fox, whom Gibbon ...
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... never found my mind more vigorous or my composition more happy than in the winter hurry of society and Parliament?' (A, p. 316). In September 1780, however, Gibbon lost his seat in Parliament when Edward Eliot transferred his loyalty to ...
... never found my mind more vigorous or my composition more happy than in the winter hurry of society and Parliament?' (A, p. 316). In September 1780, however, Gibbon lost his seat in Parliament when Edward Eliot transferred his loyalty to ...
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... never confined within the boundaries of received opinion. How did that independence of mind show itself? In the first place, it conditioned what we might call the style of Gibbon's historical thought. During Gibbon's first period of ...
... never confined within the boundaries of received opinion. How did that independence of mind show itself? In the first place, it conditioned what we might call the style of Gibbon's historical thought. During Gibbon's first period of ...
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... never a mere chronicler, content to trace the fluid surface of the past. Where the naïive would see only randomness, and a believer the workings of divine providence, the philosophic historian saw order and regularity: 'History is to a ...
... never a mere chronicler, content to trace the fluid surface of the past. Where the naïive would see only randomness, and a believer the workings of divine providence, the philosophic historian saw order and regularity: 'History is to a ...
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CHAPTER XV | |
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CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1827 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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