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... tion to long - established and fondly - cherished idolatries . Hence , very 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 ...
... tion to long - established and fondly - cherished idolatries . Hence , very 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 ...
Side xii
... tion of Christianity . He died two years ago , and had never given this to the world . Ignorant of his death , I addressed a letter to him , requesting that it might be intrusted to me .. His son Remarks on the two last chapters of the ...
... tion of Christianity . He died two years ago , and had never given this to the world . Ignorant of his death , I addressed a letter to him , requesting that it might be intrusted to me .. His son Remarks on the two last chapters of the ...
Side xxviii
... tion so unworthy of his character . He had , however , lost his place when he wrote thus : he was deprived of it in 1782 , by a change of ministry . For this reverse he was consoled by the liberty to which it restored him . Renouncing ...
... tion so unworthy of his character . He had , however , lost his place when he wrote thus : he was deprived of it in 1782 , by a change of ministry . For this reverse he was consoled by the liberty to which it restored him . Renouncing ...
Side xxix
... tion in life , with a satisfaction consonant with the moderation that pervaded his character . As the Optimist says : " Je suis Français , Tourangeau , gentilhomme , Je pouvais naître Turc , Limousin , paysan . " 30 Gibbon , in his ...
... tion in life , with a satisfaction consonant with the moderation that pervaded his character . As the Optimist says : " Je suis Français , Tourangeau , gentilhomme , Je pouvais naître Turc , Limousin , paysan . " 30 Gibbon , in his ...
Side xxxviii
... TION OF PERTINAX.- HIS ATTEMPTS TO REFORM THE STATE - HIS ASSASSINATION BY THE PRÆTORIAN GUARDS . Indulgence of Marcus To his Wife Faustina • To his Son Commodus 180. Accession of the Emperor Commodus Character of Commodus His Return to ...
... TION OF PERTINAX.- HIS ATTEMPTS TO REFORM THE STATE - HIS ASSASSINATION BY THE PRÆTORIAN GUARDS . Indulgence of Marcus To his Wife Faustina • To his Son Commodus 180. Accession of the Emperor Commodus Character of Commodus His Return to ...
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