Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794).AMS Press, 1971 |
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Page 13
... impatient for the Easter holydays . I am 436 . To his Stepmother . Ever yours , E. G. March 20th , 1782 . MY DEAR MADAM , All is now over , and Lord North is no more . This day when the armies in the H. of C. were ready to engage , he ...
... impatient for the Easter holydays . I am 436 . To his Stepmother . Ever yours , E. G. March 20th , 1782 . MY DEAR MADAM , All is now over , and Lord North is no more . This day when the armies in the H. of C. were ready to engage , he ...
Page 73
... impatient . I shall reach Lausanne by the end of next week , but may probably write on the road . * 482 . To Lord Sheffield . Langres , September 23rd , 1788 . * Let the Geographical Maria place before you the map of France , and trace ...
... impatient . I shall reach Lausanne by the end of next week , but may probably write on the road . * 482 . To Lord Sheffield . Langres , September 23rd , 1788 . * Let the Geographical Maria place before you the map of France , and trace ...
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... impatient , got out of the carriage , enquired at different places for the relay . Thence suspicions arose . Damas and Choiseul finding they had caused some jealousy , had returned by a cross road , otherwise the King would have ...
... impatient , got out of the carriage , enquired at different places for the relay . Thence suspicions arose . Damas and Choiseul finding they had caused some jealousy , had returned by a cross road , otherwise the King would have ...
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Adieu affairs agreeable amusement annuity answer Archbishop of Arles arrived Assembly assured Bath Belvidere Bentinck Street bien Buriton correspondence DEAR MADAM December delay desire Deyverdun dine dinner dispatch Downing Street Duke Edward Gibbon England English enjoy Epistle Estate expect expence favour flatter France French Geneva give Goslings Gout happy hear Holroyd honour hope Hugonin impatient interest j'ai journey July King Lally Lausanne Lenborough letter London Lord Loughborough Lord North Lord Sheffield Louis XVI Madame de Stael Maria Minister months morning mortgage Necker never Newhaven Paris Parliament party passed perhaps Pitt pleasant pleasure poor present Prince probably Prussia purchase received Revolution satisfied Saturday September Severy Sheffield Place Sheffield to Edward silence society spirits Stepmother summer suppose Sussex Swiss to-morrow town Vaud week winter wish write