Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, 1. köideP. Wogan, 1796 - 726 pages |
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... never mentioned to any other perfon , expreffed a de- termination of publishing them in his lifetime ; and never appears to have departed from that refolution , excepting in one of his letters annexed , in which he intimates a doubt ...
... never mentioned to any other perfon , expreffed a de- termination of publishing them in his lifetime ; and never appears to have departed from that refolution , excepting in one of his letters annexed , in which he intimates a doubt ...
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... never languid , An English text is per- petually interfperfed with Latin fentences in profe and verfe ; but in his own poetry he claims an exemption from the laws of profody . Amidst a profufion of genealogical knowledge , my kinfman ...
... never languid , An English text is per- petually interfperfed with Latin fentences in profe and verfe ; but in his own poetry he claims an exemption from the laws of profody . Amidst a profufion of genealogical knowledge , my kinfman ...
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... never conversed with a man , who more clearly understood the commerce and finances of England . In the year 1716 he was elected one of the Directors of the South Sea Compa- ny ; and his books exhibited the proof that , before his ac ...
... never conversed with a man , who more clearly understood the commerce and finances of England . In the year 1716 he was elected one of the Directors of the South Sea Compa- ny ; and his books exhibited the proof that , before his ac ...
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... never been able to learn . Mr. John Kirkby is the author of two fmall volumes ; the Life of Automathes ( London , 1745 ) , and an English and Latin Grammar ( London , 1746 ) ; which , as a teftimony of gratitude , he dedicated ...
... never been able to learn . Mr. John Kirkby is the author of two fmall volumes ; the Life of Automathes ( London , 1745 ) , and an English and Latin Grammar ( London , 1746 ) ; which , as a teftimony of gratitude , he dedicated ...
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... never difguifed by hypocrify or affectation . Her in- dulgent tenderness , the frankness of her temper , and my innate rifing curiofity , foon removed all diftance between us : us : like friends of an equal age , we 24 OF MEMOIRS.
... never difguifed by hypocrify or affectation . Her in- dulgent tenderness , the frankness of her temper , and my innate rifing curiofity , foon removed all diftance between us : us : like friends of an equal age , we 24 OF MEMOIRS.
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