Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, 第 1 卷P. Wogan, 1796 - 726 頁 |
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... publish them in his lifetime , and therefore that they should be posthumous ; -He answered , rather eagerly , that he was determined to publish them in his lifetime . S. We A lively defire of knowing and of recording our.
... publish them in his lifetime , and therefore that they should be posthumous ; -He answered , rather eagerly , that he was determined to publish them in his lifetime . S. We A lively defire of knowing and of recording our.
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... should always , and will often , produce among them a dignity of fentiment and propriety of conduct , which is guarded from dishonour by their own and the public esteem . If we read of fome illuftrious line fo antient that it has no ...
... should always , and will often , produce among them a dignity of fentiment and propriety of conduct , which is guarded from dishonour by their own and the public esteem . If we read of fome illuftrious line fo antient that it has no ...
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... should read every morning from ten to eleven the comedies of Terence . The fum of my im- provement in the university of Oxford is confined to three or four Latin plays ; and even the ftudy of an ele- gant gant claffic , which might have ...
... should read every morning from ten to eleven the comedies of Terence . The fum of my im- provement in the university of Oxford is confined to three or four Latin plays ; and even the ftudy of an ele- gant gant claffic , which might have ...
第 44 頁
... should now apply to my own fortune the prediction of the Sybil , Via prima falutis , Quod minimè reris , Graiâ , pandetur ab urbe . The elegance of ftyle and freedom of argument were re pelled by a fhield of prejudice . I ftill revered ...
... should now apply to my own fortune the prediction of the Sybil , Via prima falutis , Quod minimè reris , Graiâ , pandetur ab urbe . The elegance of ftyle and freedom of argument were re pelled by a fhield of prejudice . I ftill revered ...
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... should be pro- moted , by all means poffible , at an early period of life . An academical edu- cation in England is at present an object of alarm and terror to every thinking parent of moderate fortune . It is the apprehension of the ...
... should be pro- moted , by all means poffible , at an early period of life . An academical edu- cation in England is at present an object of alarm and terror to every thinking parent of moderate fortune . It is the apprehension of the ...
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第 167 頁 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
第 142 頁 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation...
第 41 頁 - I was never summoned to attend even the ceremony of a lecture; and, excepting one voluntary visit to his rooms during the eight months of his titular office, the tutor and pupil lived in the same college as strangers to...
第 142 頁 - ... chapters have been reduced by three successive revisals from a large volume to their present size; and they might still be compressed without any loss of facts or sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander, a fault of which I have never heard except from Mr Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion; but I was soon disgusted with the modest...
第 xviii 頁 - The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity of Confucius have maintained above two thousand two hundred years their peaceful honours and perpetual succession.
第 39 頁 - ... modern theatres, was reduced to a dry and literal interpretation of the author's text. During the first weeks I constantly attended these lessons in my tutor's room ; but as they appeared equally devoid of profit and pleasure, I was once tempted to try the experiment of a formal apology.
第 14 頁 - Call, is still read as a popular and powerful book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel: his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life; and many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame; and a philosopher must allow that he exposes, with equal severity and truth, the strange contradiction between the faith and practice of the Christian...
第 70 頁 - I hesitate, from the apprehension of ridicule, when I approach the delicate subject of my early love. By this word I do not mean the polite attention, the gallantry, without hope or design, which has originated in the spirit of chivalry, and is interwoven with the texture of French manners. I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of...
第 39 頁 - I repeated the offence with less ceremony; the excuse was admitted with the same indulgence: the slightest motive of laziness or indisposition, the most trifling avocation at home or abroad, was allowed as a worthy impediment; nor did my tutor appear conscious of my absence or neglect.
第 29 頁 - World, which exhibit the Byzantine period on a larger scale. Mahomet and his Saracens soon fixed my attention ; and some instinct of criticism directed me to the genuine sources. Simon Ockley, an original in every sense, first opened my eyes ; and I was led from one book to another, till I had ranged round the circle of Oriental history. Before I was sixteen, I had exhausted all that could be learned in English of the Arabs and Persians, the Tartars and Turks ; and the same ardour urged me to guess...