 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Literature - 1840 - 386 pages
...house and library, than I undertook the cdmposition of the first volume of my history. At the outset all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the trtieaera of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...He then undertook the composition of the first volume of his history. 'At the outset,' he remarks, it is there. All the earth and air With thy voice is loud, As, wh era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1846 - 530 pages
...afterwards inserted at some of his other works. Even Gibbon tells us of his Roman History, * at the oatset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pages
...house and library, than I undertook the composition of the first volume of my history. At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true aera of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
 | Robert Mushet - Ethics, Ancient - 1847 - 524 pages
...chosen or rejected by the judgment.' " And Gibbon says of his immortal history, — " At the onset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, &c. I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...he now undertook the composition of the first volume of his history. ' At the outset,' he remarks, ' all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...library (in London), than I undertook the composition of the first volume of my history. At the outset all was dark and doubtful, even the title of the work, the true sera of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters and the order of the narrative... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...steadily to the composition of the first volume of his celebrated history. 'At the outset,' he says, ' all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...house and library, than I under took the composition of the first volume of my history. At th« outset all was dark and doubtful — even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...now undertook the composition of the first volume of his history. ' At the outset,' lie remarks, ' all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true era of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
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History. At the outset all was dark and doubtful; even the title of the work, the true era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters, and the order of the narrative; and I was often tempted to... 
