The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq., With Selections From His Correspondence, And Illustrations
The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq., With Selections From His Correspondence, And Illustrations
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
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The Jewish and Heathen testimonies, as they are collected and illustrated by Dr. Lardner, directed, without super- seding, my search of the originals ; and in an ample dissertation on the miraculous darkness of the passion, I privately drew my conclusions from the silence of an unbelieving age. I have assem- bled the preparatory studies, directly or indirectly relative to my history ; but, in strict equity, they must be spread beyond this period of my life, over the two summers (1771 and 1772) ...that elapsed between my father's death and my settlement in London. 2. In a free conversation with books and men, it would be endless to enumerate the names and characters of all who are introduced to our acquaintance ; but in this general acquaintance we may select the degrees of friendship and esteem. According to the wise maxim, Multum legere potties quam multa, I reviewed, again and again, the immortal works of the French and English, the. Latin and Italian classics. My Greek studies (though less assiduous than I designed) maintained and extended my knowledge of that incomparable idiom.
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