Edward Gibbon - Memoirs of My Life

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1-1. In the fifty-second year of my age....mp3

4.3 MB

1-2. My family is originally derived from the county of Kent.mp3

4.9 MB

1-3. It is not two years since I acquired, in a foreign land....mp3

4.6 MB

1-4. My grandfather could not expect to be treated....mp3

4.5 MB

1-5. I was born at Putney, in the county of Surrey....mp3

3.9 MB

1-6. After this previous institution at home....mp3

4.5 MB

1-7. As far back as I can remember, the house, near Putney Bridge....mp3

5.1 MB

1-8. The curiosity, which had been implanted in my infant mind....mp3

4.5 MB

2-1. A venerable prelate, whose taste and erudition....mp3

4.6 MB

2-2. The college of St Mary Magdalen....mp3

3.9 MB

2-3. The long recess between the Trinity and Michaelmas terms....mp3

4.6 MB

2-4. In these dispositions, and already more than half a convert....mp3

4.8 MB

2-5. Bayle was the son of a Calvinist minister....mp3

4.9 MB

2-6. But it is the peculiar felicity of youth....mp3

3.7 MB

2-7. Such, from my arrival at Lausanne....mp3

4.8 MB

2-8. From a blind idea of the usefulness....mp3

5.5 MB

3-1. Before I was recalled from Switzerland....mp3

4.2 MB

3-2. If my childish revolt against the religion of my country....mp3

4.3 MB

3-3. Of the two years (May 1758-May 1760) between my return....mp3

4.1 MB

3-4. If in a more domestic or more dissipated scene....mp3

5.4 MB

3-5. Two years elapsed in silence....mp3

3.8 MB

3-6. At Lausanne I composed the first chapters....mp3

5.1 MB

3-7. The loss of so many busy and idle hours....mp3

4.1 MB

3-8. Beriton, April 14, 1761.mp3

6.0 MB

4-1. But the principal end of my journey was to enjoy....mp3

5.2 MB

4-2. If my studies at Paris had been confined....mp3

5.5 MB

4-3. On the 25th June 1765, I arrived at my father’s house....mp3

4.9 MB

4-4. It was in search of some liberal and lucrative employment....mp3

5.2 MB

4-5. In the fifteen years between my Essay....mp3

5.3 MB

4-6. I had now attained the first of earthly blessings....mp3

4.7 MB

4-7. That curious and original letter will amuse the reader....mp3

6.1 MB

5-1. The profession and rank of Sir David Dalrymple....mp3

4.7 MB

5-2. I perceived, and without surprise, the coldness....mp3

3.6 MB

5-3. From my early acquaintance with Lausanne....mp3

4.0 MB

5-4. My transmigration from London to Lausanne....mp3

4.5 MB

5-5. From this display of genius....mp3

4.3 MB

5-6. I am less flattered by Mr Porson’s high encomium....mp3

4.2 MB

5-7. Within the last two or three years....mp3

6.3 MB

5-8. Gibbon was to live another six years....mp3

3.2 MB

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