The Auto-biography of Edward Gibbon, Esq: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narratives |
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Contents
Account and Anecdotes of his Family | 7 |
The South Sea Scheme | 15 |
Mr Gibbons Birth c 24 | 26 |
Mr Gibbon is entered at Westminster School | 36 |
The Author enters Magdalen College Oxford | 40 |
The Authors first attempt at writing History | 55 |
The Author removes to Lausanne | 71 |
The Authors account of the Books he read | 81 |
Mr Gibbon publishes his first Work | 115 |
The Author resumes his Studies | 136 |
CHAPTER XVII | 158 |
Mr Gibbon commences a Periodical | 177 |
Mr Gibbon engages in Politics | 204 |
The Author visits Sheffield | 224 |
Death of Mr Deyverdun | 235 |
Narrative continued by Lord Sheffield | 245 |
The Authors Tour in Switzerland | 91 |
Mademoiselle Curchodafterwards Madame Necker | 98 |
Letters from Edward Gibbon Esq to Lord Sheffield and others | 297 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Auto-biography of Edward Gibbon, Esq: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narratives Collections speciales |
| Author | Edward Gibbon |
| Editor | John Holroyd Earl of Sheffield |
| Illustrated by | John Holroyd Earl of Sheffield |
| Publisher | Turner & Hayden, 1846 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 May 2007 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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