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The memoirs of the life of Edward Gibbon with various observations and excursions

by Edward Gibbon

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Published by Putnam in New York .
Written in


Edition Notes

Statementby himself ; Ed. by G.B. Hill.
SeriesPutnam"s library of standard literature
ContributionsHill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903, ed.
Classifications
LC ClassificationsPR3476 .A82 1900
The Physical Object
Paginationxxix, 360 p. ;
Number of Pages360
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL6908393M
LC Control Number01020803
OCLC/WorldCa4325730

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Recounting Pages: Edward Gibbon, (born May 8 [Ap Old Style],Putney, Surrey, England—died JanuLondon), English rationalist historian and scholar best known as the author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (–88), a continuous narrative from the 2nd century ce to the fall of Constantinople in Life.

Gibbon’s grandfather, Edward, had made a. The complete review's Review. Edward Gibbon is best known for his enormous book on the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman a man who wrote so much on this one subject he showed admirable restraint in his memoirs, a volume that almost disappears beside the large tomes that make up the himself never put together the autobiographical pieces he wrote upon.

Although the nonfiction book should be full of definite facts, the author can add some emotions to make this memoir or chronic and not so bored.

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3 Trevor-Roper, H. R., ‘Edward Gibbon, an appreciation’, in The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, ed. and abr. Trevor-Roper, H. R. (New York, ), pArnaldo Momigliano, who formerly accepted Gibbon as an enlightened anti-christian sceptic, also appears to be having second thoughts.

See the discussion following M. Baridon's ‘Le style ďune pensée: politique et Cited by: 4.Gibbon, Edward, The memoirs of the life of Edward Gibbon with various observations and excursions, (New York: Putnam, ), ed. by George Birkbeck Norman Hill (page images at HathiTrust) Gibbon, Edward, The Memoirs of the life of Edward Gibbon, with various observations and excursions.

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