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" It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins, of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter', that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. "
The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics - Page 512
1796
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English letters - 1796 - 520 pages
...October 1764, as I fat mufingamidft the ruins of the Cartel, while the bare-footed fryars were fmging vefpers in the Temple of Jupiter*, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city firft flatted to my mind. But my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 99

1796 - 502 pages
...October 1 764, as I fat mufing a-mjd the ruins of the capítol, while the bare-footed fryars were finging vefpers in the temple of Jupiter», that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city firft ftarted to my mind. But my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than...
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The British Critic, Volume 8

English literature - 1796 - 746 pages
...as I fat muGng amidft the ruins of the capitol, while the bare- footed fryars were (inging vefpors in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city firft llared to my mind. But my original ylan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than...
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were fmging vefpers in. the Temple of Jupiter *f, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city firft ftartcd to my mind. But my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 8

Books and bookselling - 1797 - 512 pages
...October 1764, as I fat mufing amid the ruins of the capitol, while the bare-footed fryars were ringing Vefpers in the temple of Jupiter*, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city firft ftarted to my mind. Bat my original plan was circumfcribed to the decay of the city rather than...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my orignal plan was circumscribed to the dtcav of the city rather than...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - Anecdotes - 1807 - 538 pages
...as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed Friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the City first started to my mind. Father Mallebranche having compleated his studies in philosophy, and theology,...
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Geographical Delineations: Or, A Compendious View of the Natural and ...

John Aikin - Geography - 1807 - 442 pages
...as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the capital, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of this city first started into my mind." What, indeed, could be a more speaking lesson of change than...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1813 - 532 pages
...finging vefpers in the temple of Jupiter (now the church of the Zoccolants, or Francifcan friars), that the idea of writing the DECLINE and FALL of the city firft ftarted to his mind." But this appears to have been merely the effect of local emotion. His plan...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter*, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than...
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