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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page 30
by Edward Gibbon - 1811
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A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various ...

John Ramsay McCulloch - 1842 - 968 pages
...everlasting leave of an old anil agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When Inglls visited Lausanne a few years ago, the library of the historian is said to have been complete,...
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A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of the ..., Volume 2

John Ramsay McCulloch - 1842 - 964 pages
...fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that 1 had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that what- ' soever might be the future date of my history, the life of slu- historian must be short and...
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Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 2

John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 612 pages
...establishment ot my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave...life of the historian must be short and precarious." Yes ! — there we were in the self-same garden. The acacias still waved their golden hair; the summerhouse...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 2

1843 - 602 pages
...establishment ot my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave...life of the historian must be short and precarious." Yes! — there we were in the self-same garden. The acacias still waved their trold"iiliair; the summerhouse...
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The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 2

John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 612 pages
...establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whateoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious."...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave...future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious." There is something in these reflections that appeals to the hearts...
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The Life, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 pages
...establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave...companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of LETTEI.. 242. TO MR. MURRAY. " Ouchy, near Lausanne, Jane 27. L81&...
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The Life of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave...companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of LETTEB 242. TO Mil. MURRAY. " Ouchy, near Lausanne, June 27. 1816....
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind ment ቀ 0 곀 0 ҈ S "A 1844...and R. Chambers"% Chambers Robert" Robert Chamb date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.'* The historian adds two...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 18

1849 - 600 pages
...establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion ; and that, whatever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious."-Lt/«,...
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