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" My own introduction to the university of Oxford forms a new sera in my life ; and at the distance of forty years I still remember my first emotions of surprise and satisfaction. In my fifteenth year I felt myself suddenly raised from a boy to a man ;... "
Autobiography: Illus. from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narratives - Page 44
by Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 381 pages
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon, Written by Himself, and a Selection from His Letters

Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 pages
...endowed for the habitation of science. My own introduction to the University of Oxford forms a new era in my life, and at the distance of forty years I still...was flattered by the velvet cap and silk gown which distinguish a gentleman commoner from a plebeian student. A decent allowance, more money than a school-boy...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon Written by Himself and a Selection from His Letters ...

Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 pages
...endowed for the habitation of science. My own introduction to the University of Oxford forms a new era in my life, and at the distance of forty years I still...was flattered by the velvet cap and silk gown which distinguish a gentleman commoner from a plebeian student. A decent allowance, more money than a school-boy...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon Written by Himself and a Selection from His Letters ...

Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 454 pages
...endowed for the habitation of science. My own introduction to the University of Oxford forms a new era in my life, and at the distance of forty years I still...first emotions of surprise and satisfaction. In my f1fteenth year I felt myself suddenly raised from a boy to a man : the persons whom I respected as...
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Reminiscences of Oxford

Lilian M. Quiller-Couch - 1892 - 466 pages
...religious community. The eyes of the traveller are attracted by the size or beauty of the public edif1ces; and the principal colleges appear to be so many palaces,...was flattered by the velvet cap and silk gown, which distinguish a gentleman commoner from a plebeian student A decent allowance, more money than a school-boy...
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Publications, Volume 22

Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1892 - 458 pages
...endowed for the habitation of science. My own introduction to the university of Oxford forms a new xra. in my life; and at the distance of forty years I still...was flattered by the velvet cap and silk gown, which distinguish a gentleman commoner from a plebeian student. A decent allowance, more money than a school-boy...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon, Esq

Edward Gibbon - 1895 - 246 pages
...endowed for the habitation of science. My own introduction to the University of Oxford forms a new era in my life ; and at the distance of forty years I...was flattered by the velvet cap and silk gown which distinguish a gentleman-commoner from a plebeian student. A decent allowance, more money than a school-boy...
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The Autobiographies of Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 466 pages
...sera in my life, and at the distance of forty years I still remember my .first emotions of surprize and satisfaction. In my fifteenth year I felt myself...was flattered by the velvet cap and silk gown which discriminate a Gentleman-Commoner from a plebeian student. A decent allowance, more money than a schoolboy...
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The Autobiographies of Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 pages
...endowed for the habitation of Science. My own introduction to the University of Oxford forms a new aera in my life, and at the distance of forty years I still remember my first emotions of surprize and satisfaction. In my fifteenth year I felt myself suddenly raised from a boy to a man ;...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 370 pages
...still remember my first emotions of surprise and satisfaction. In my fifteenth year I felt myself 5 suddenly raised from a boy to a man. The persons,...was flattered by the velvet cap and silk gown which discriminate a gentleman commoner 10 from a plebeian student. A decent allowance, more money than a...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 pages
...endowed for the habitation of science. My own introduction to the University of Oxford forms a new era in my life, and at the distance of forty years I still...and satisfaction. In my fifteenth year I felt myself 5 suddenly raised from a boy to a man. The persons, whom I respected as my superiors in age and academical...
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