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" After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son 9 ; (8) my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. "
The Autobiography and Correspondence of Edward Gibbon, the Historian - Page 48
by Edward Gibbon - 1869 - 356 pages
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...virtuous heart. At Crassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity ; but, on my return to England, I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this...and helpless. After a painful struggle, I yielded to ray fete ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence,...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...virtuous heart. At Crassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity: hut on my return to England, I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance, and that without his consent f was myself destitute and helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 474 pages
...virtuous heart. At Grassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity ; but, on my return to England, I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this...struggle, I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I oheyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...virtuous heart. At Grassy and \Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity : but on my return to England, I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance, and tlmt without his consent. I was myself destitute and Helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 594 pages
...England, I soon discovered that my father would nut hear of this strange alliance, and that without bis consent I was myself destitute and helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded tu my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ;t my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence,...
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The Georgian Era: Voyagers and travellers. Philosophers and men of science ...

Art - 1834 - 602 pages
...virtuous heart. At Crassy and Lausanne, I indulged my dream of felicity ; but, on my return to England, I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance. After a painful struggle, 1 yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover ; I obeyed as a son : my wound...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 1

Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...virtuous heart. At Crassy and Lausanne, I indulged my dream of felicity; but, on my return to England, I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance. After a painful struggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover; I obeyed as a son: my wound was...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity : but on my return to England, I soon discovered tluit my father would not hear of this strange alliance,...and helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to nivfate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son;* my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1837 - 882 pages
...virtuous heart. At Grassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity : but on my return to England, I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this...was myself destitute and helpless. After a painful straggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son;* my wound was insensibly healed...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 6

Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...virtuous heart. At Grassy and Lausanne, I indulged my dream of ftlicity; but, on my return to England, I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance. After a painful struggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover; I obeyed as a son: my wound was...
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