Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon was a member of the English parliament, a historian, and a writer. On May 8, 1737, he was born, and on January 16, 1794, he died. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, came out in six parts between 1776 and 1788. It is known for the quality and irony of its prose, the way it uses first-hand sources, and the way it criticizes organized religion in a polemical way. After getting sick in 1752, Gibbon went to Bath to get better. When he was 15, his father sent him to Oxford to study as a gentleman commoner at Magdalen College. But he didn't fit in well at college, and he later said that the 14 months he spent there were the "most useless and unprofitable" of his life. He lived in Lausanne for five years and read works by Hugo Grotius, Samuel von Pufendorf, John Locke, Pierre Bayle, and Blaise Pascal. He also traveled around Switzerland to study the constitutions of its cantons.
May 29, 2010
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 3 of 3

May 29, 2010
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; in six volumes. ... The fifth edition. Volume 4 of 6

May 29, 2010
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; in six volumes. ... The fifth edition. Volume 5 of 6

May 29, 2010
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. by Edward Gibbon, Esq; In Six Volumes. ... the Fifth Edition. Volume 1 of 6

May 29, 2010
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. by Edward Gibbon, Esq; In Six Volumes. ... the Fifth Edition. Volume 2 of 6

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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; in six volumes. ... The fifth edition. Volume 3 of 6

May 29, 2010
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; in six volumes. ... The fifth edition. Volume 6 of 6

May 29, 2010
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Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in Six Volumes, Quarto, Abridged in Two Volumes, Octavo Volume 1 of 2

May 29, 2010
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Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in Six Volumes, Quarto, Abridged in Two Volumes, Octavo Volume 2 of 2

May 28, 2010
Cover of Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself

Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself

May 28, 2010
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Memoire Justificatif Pour Servir de Reponse A l'Expose, &c de la Cour de France.

May 28, 2010
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A Vindication of Some Passages in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. by the Author. the Second Edition.

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 9 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 8 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 7 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 6 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 5 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 4 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 3 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 2 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 10 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 12 of 12

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 11 of 12

May 27, 2010
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... a New Edition. Volume 1 of 12