Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794)J. Murray, 1896 |
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Adieu affairs agreeable amusement annuity answer Archbishop of Arles arrived 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 Lady Sheffield 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 Saturday September Severy Sheffield Place Sheffield to Edward silence society spirits Stepmother summer suppose Sussex Swiss to-morrow town Vaud week winter wish write