Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794)J. Murray, 1897 |
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... month , and during the whole time have been treated by him with the greatest civility imaginable . I read French twice every day with him . I already understand almost all that is said , and can ask for any common things I want . With ...
... month , and during the whole time have been treated by him with the greatest civility imaginable . I read French twice every day with him . I already understand almost all that is said , and can ask for any common things I want . With ...
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... months ago , and I actually learn . My health still continues good , and I continue my studies in the same manner I have already described to you . The only news I have to tell you is that the famous Mr. de Voltaire1 is come to spend ...
... months ago , and I actually learn . My health still continues good , and I continue my studies in the same manner I have already described to you . The only news I have to tell you is that the famous Mr. de Voltaire1 is come to spend ...
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... month to the watchmaker , and which Mons . Pavilliard and I contrive to retrench out of my other expenses . Gee left us about four months ago . Have you a mind to know his destiny ? Yes . Hear it , then . His parents had ordered him ...
... month to the watchmaker , and which Mons . Pavilliard and I contrive to retrench out of my other expenses . Gee left us about four months ago . Have you a mind to know his destiny ? Yes . Hear it , then . His parents had ordered him ...
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... months in the Grand Châtelet ( Nichols ' Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century , vol . iv . pp . 629-634 ) . Miss Hester Gibbon died unmarried in 1790 , at the age of eighty - six , at King's Cliffe in Northamptonshire . William ...
... months in the Grand Châtelet ( Nichols ' Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century , vol . iv . pp . 629-634 ) . Miss Hester Gibbon died unmarried in 1790 , at the age of eighty - six , at King's Cliffe in Northamptonshire . William ...
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... months , and after that , finish my studies , either at Cambridge ( for after what's past one cannot think of Oxford ) , or at a univer- sity in Holland . If you liked the scheme , could you propose it to my father by Metcalf , or ...
... months , and after that , finish my studies , either at Cambridge ( for after what's past one cannot think of Oxford ) , or at a univer- sity in Holland . If you liked the scheme , could you propose it to my father by Metcalf , or ...
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acquaintance Adieu affairs agreable Almack's answer April arrived assure Bath believe Bentinck Street Beriton Boodle's Buckinghamshire Clarke Colonel compliments DEAR H Dear Sir December delay desire Deyverdun dined Duke E. G. DEAR MADAM Earl Edward Gibbon elected Eliot embrace My Lady England Estate excuse expect expence father fear February French Gibbon give gout happy hear honour hope Hugonin impatient Isle of Wight J. B. Holroyd January journey June Lausanne Lenborough letter London Lord North Lord Sheffield Lovegrove Madame du Deffand March married Miss Monday month morning night November obliged occasion October Pall Mall Paris Parliament passed Petersfield pleasure Port Eliot Porten present propose received Saturday Sheffield Place sincerely soon spirits Stepmother suppose surprized Sussex talk thing Thursday to-morrow town truly Tuesday Turin Walpole week wish write wrote yesterday
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