The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1George Bell and Sons, 1891 |
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Side iv
... soon after the appearance of Gibbon's first volumes , criticism of a twofold character was arrayed against him ; such as reproved him for errors or insinuations in his treatment of Christ's religion , and such as called in question the ...
... soon after the appearance of Gibbon's first volumes , criticism of a twofold character was arrayed against him ; such as reproved him for errors or insinuations in his treatment of Christ's religion , and such as called in question the ...
Side xix
... soon after separated from his family , who sent him to Lausanne . They hoped that he would there be recalled to the path which he had left , by years of penitence and the instructions of M. Pavilliard , & Protestant minister , under ...
... soon after separated from his family , who sent him to Lausanne . They hoped that he would there be recalled to the path which he had left , by years of penitence and the instructions of M. Pavilliard , & Protestant minister , under ...
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... soon acquired a great ascendancy over a docile mind , and availed himself of it for the guidance of that active curiosity which wanted only to be directed to the true fountains of know- ledge . But the teacher , competent only to point ...
... soon acquired a great ascendancy over a docile mind , and availed himself of it for the guidance of that active curiosity which wanted only to be directed to the true fountains of know- ledge . But the teacher , competent only to point ...
Side xxi
... soon perceived that he could not hope to obtain his father's consent to this alliance . " After a painful struggle , " he said , " I yielded to my fate . I sighed as a lover , I obeyed as a son . " This lively antithesis proves that at ...
... soon perceived that he could not hope to obtain his father's consent to this alliance . " After a painful struggle , " he said , " I yielded to my fate . I sighed as a lover , I obeyed as a son . " This lively antithesis proves that at ...
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... soon humbled , and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion , and that whatsoever might be the future fate 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 an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion , and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my history , the life of the historian ...
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