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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... soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian ...
... soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian ...
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... soon clear, however, that Gibbon's own health was not sound. For many years he had neglected a swelling in his groin. Its size was now so great – 'almost as big as a small child' was the disconcerting simile on which Gibbon's pen ...
... soon clear, however, that Gibbon's own health was not sound. For many years he had neglected a swelling in his groin. Its size was now so great – 'almost as big as a small child' was the disconcerting simile on which Gibbon's pen ...
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... soon revisit the banks of the lake of Lausanne, a country which I have known and loved from my early youth. Under a mild government, amidst a beauteous landskip, in a life of leisure and independence, and among a people of easy and ...
... soon revisit the banks of the lake of Lausanne, a country which I have known and loved from my early youth. Under a mild government, amidst a beauteous landskip, in a life of leisure and independence, and among a people of easy and ...
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... soon repelled the invaders, and protected the unwarlike natives of those sequestered regions.2 The northern countries of Europe scarcely deserved the expence and labour of conquest. The forests and morasses of Germany were filled with a ...
... soon repelled the invaders, and protected the unwarlike natives of those sequestered regions.2 The northern countries of Europe scarcely deserved the expence and labour of conquest. The forests and morasses of Germany were filled with a ...
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... soon, by a signal act of despair, regained their independence, and reminded Augustus of the vicissitude of fortune.3 On the death of that emperor, his testament was publicly read in the senate. He bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his ...
... soon, by a signal act of despair, regained their independence, and reminded Augustus of the vicissitude of fortune.3 On the death of that emperor, his testament was publicly read in the senate. He bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his ...
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CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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