| Edward Gibbon - 1796 - Страниц: 360
...public. No fooner was 1 fettled in my houfe and librarv, than I undertook the compofhion of the firft volume of my Hiftory. At the outfet all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire , the limits of the introduction , the divifion of the chapters,... | |
| 1796 - Страниц: 616
...fet'Jed in my houfe and library, than I undertook the composition of the firft volume of my liiftory. At the outfet all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true £Era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the divifion of the chapters,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1796 - Страниц: 520
...public. No fooher was I fettled in my houfe and library, than I undertook the compofition of the firft volume of my Hiftory. At the outfet all was dark and doubtful; even the tide of the work, the true sera of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction,... | |
| 1797 - Страниц: 610
...fays, " No fooner was I fettled in my houfe and library, than I undertook the compofition of the firft volume of my hiftory. At the outfet, all was dark...Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduftion, and- the divifion of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - Страниц: 606
...afterwards inserted in some of his other works. Even Gibbon tells us of his Roman history " at the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true aera of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1814 - Страниц: 726
...house and library, than I undertook the composition of the first volume of my history. At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true fera of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - Страниц: 498
...house and library, than I undertook the composition of the first volume of my History. At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true :era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - Страниц: 536
...afterwards inserted in some of his other works. Even Gibbon tells us of his Roman History, " at the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true aera of the decline anS fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1825 - Страниц: 338
...house and library, than I undertook the composition of the first volume of my history. At the outset all was dark and doubtful — even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
| 1830 - Страниц: 336
...house and library, than I undertook the composition of the first volume of my history. At the outset all was dark and doubtful — even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
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