 | Edward Gibbon - History - 1998 - 1094 pages
...Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. In his Memoirs he recounts his initial difficulties: '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,... | |
 | Jeremy D. Popkin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 350 pages
...of historical authorship as a genuine creative struggle and a true test of character. "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,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 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 era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
 | George Sampson (Editor of Berkeley's Works.) - 1931 - 348 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,... | |
 | 308 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,... | |
 | University of St. Andrews - 1898 - 610 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 era of the Decline and Fall of the Empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1907 - 412 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,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1796 - 612 pages
...and library, than I undertook the competition of the firft volume of my hiitory. At the outfet ail 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 divifion of the chapters,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1858 - 486 pages
...afterwards inserted in some of his other works. Even Gibbon tells us of his Koman History, " at the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the L. LITERARY COMPOSITION. 257 true »ra of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction,... | |
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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... 
