| Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...embellifhed by the virtues and talents of the mind. Her fortune was humble, but her family was refpectable. Her mother, a native of France , had preferred her...falary and laborious duty , in the obfcure lot of tninifter of Craffy, in the mountains that feparate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgundy1*.... | |
| English literature - 1796 - 616 pages
...France, hnd preferred her religion to her country. The profeflion of her father did not extinguish the moderation and philofophy of his temper, and he...fmall falary and laborious duty, in the obfcure lot of minuter of CraflV, in the mountains that feparate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgundy. In... | |
| Edward Gibbon - English letters - 1796 - 520 pages
...embelliflied by the virtues and talents of the mind. Her fortune was humble, but her family was refpeftable. Her mother, a native of France, had preferred her religion to her country. The profeffion of cf her father did not wstinguilh the moderation and phiJofaphyof his temper, and be lived content with... | |
| 1796 - 502 pages
...embelUlhcd by the Viriues and talents of the mind. . Her fortune was humble,' but her family Was refptuable. Her mother, a native of France, had preferred her religion to her country. Theprofeffion of iier fat/ier d<d not extinguijh the mo'iir.aiim and philosophy of his temper *, and... | |
| 1797 - 610 pages
...embelliflied by the virtues and talents of the mind. Her fortune was humble, but her family was refpeftable. Her mother, a native of France, had preferred her...fmall falary and laborious duty in the obfcure lot of Minifter of Craffy, in the mountains that feparate the Pays de Vaud from the country of Burgundy. In... | |
| John Adolphus - France - 1799 - 534 pages
...the virtues and talents of the mind. Her fortune • ** was humble, but her family was refpectable. Her " mother, a native of France, had preferred her...her *' father did not extinguifh the moderation and phi" lofophy of his temper, and he lived content with " a fniall falary and laborious duty, in the... | |
| John Adolphus - France - 1799 - 532 pages
...by " the. virtues and talents of the mind. Her fortune *' was humble, but her family was refpe&able. Her " mother, a native of France, had preferred her ** religion to her country. The profeflion of her " father did not extinguilh the moderation and phi** lofophy of his temper, and he... | |
| Books and bookselling - 1797 - 512 pages
...embellilhed by the virtues and talents of the mind. Her fortune was humble, but her family was refpeftable. Her mother, a native of France, had preferred her...her country. The profeffion of her father did not extinguijh the moderation and pbilofopby of his tmiper *, and he lived content with a (mall falary... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...embellished by the virtues and talents of the mind. Her fortune was humble, but her family was respectable. Her mother, a native of France, had preferred her religion to her country. The profession of her father did not extinguish the moderation and philosophy of his temper, and he lived... | |
| Stewarton, Lewis Goldsmith - France - 1806 - 466 pages
....by the virtues and talents of the mind. Her fortunes were humble, but her feroily was respectable. Her mother, a native of France, had preferred her religion to her country. The profession of her father tlid not extinguish the moderation and philosophy of his temper, and he lived... | |
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