PRIVATE LETTERS

OF

EDWARD GIBBON

(1753-1794).

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

THE EARL OF SHEFFIELD.

EDITED BY

ROWLAND E. PROTHERO,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOME-TIME FELLOW OF ALL SOULS' COLLEge, oxford.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1896.

B

HARVARD
COLLEBE
LIBRARY

LONDON:

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