The Miscellaneous Works Of Edward Gibbon Esq With Memoirs Of His Life And Writings Composed By Himself Vol 4 Of 5

Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq., With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself, Vol. 4 of 5: Illustrated From His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative; Classical and Critical An Examination of the Catalogue of Silius Italiens. 24th Dec. 1763 A Minute Examination of Horuce's Journey to Brundusium and of Cicero's Journey into Cilicia. 25th Dec. 1763 346 On the Fasti of Ovid. Written 1764 354 On the Triumphs of the Romans. Nov. 1764 359 On the Triumphal Shows and Ceremonies. 13th Dec. 1764. 394 Remarques sur les Ouvrages et sur le Caractere dc Salluste lgth Jan. 1756 de J ules Cesar de Cornelius Nepos de Tite Live Remarques Critiques sur un Passage de Plaute. 4th May, 1757 435 Remarques sur quelques Endroits de irgile. April, 1757. 4-h Critical Observations on the Design of the Sixth Book of the Eneid. Written 1770 Postscript to Ditto A Vindication of some Passages in the Fifteenth and Six teenth Chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Sci Feb. 1779. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq., Vol. 2 of 5: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself; Illustrated From His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative; Letters Coblentz, and Brussels, have given me much real pleasure; first, as a proof that you are always think ing of me; secondly, as an evidence that yoti are capable of keeping a resolution; and thirdly, from their own intrinsic merit and entertainment. The style, without any allowance for haste or hurry, is perfectly correct the manner is neither too light nor too grave; the dimensions neither too long nor too short: they are such, in a word, as I should like to receive from the daughter of my best friend. I at tend your lively journal through bad roads and worse inns. Your description of men and manners conveys very satisfactory information, and I am particularly delighted with your remark concerning the irregular behaviour of the Rhine. But the Rhine, alas! After some temporary wanderings, will be content to flow in his old channel, while man - man is the greatest fool of the whole creation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.