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English Men of Letters

EDITED BY JOHN MORLEY

 

 

GIBBON

 

 

BY

 

JAMES COTTER MORISON, M.A.

LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD

 

 

 

Seal

London

MACMILLAN AND CO

1878


CONTENTS

PAGE
 
CHAPTER I.
GIBBON'S EARLY LIFE UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING OXFORD1
 
CHAPTER II.
AT LAUSANNE19
 
CHAPTER III.
IN THE MILITIA33
 
CHAPTER IV.
THE ITALIAN JOURNEY47
 
CHAPTER V.
LITERARY SCHEMES.—THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND.—DISSERTATION ON THE SIXTH ÆNEID.—FATHER'S DEATH.—SETTLEMENT IN LONDON58
 
CHAPTER VI.
LIFE IN LONDON.—PARLIAMENT.—THE BOARD OF TRADE.—THE DECLINE AND FALL.—MIGRATION TO LAUSANNE69
 
CHAPTER VII.
THE FIRST THREE VOLUMES OF THE DECLINE AND FALL95
 
CHAPTER VIII.
THE LAST TEN TEARS OF HIS LIFE AT LAUSANNE135
 
CHAPTER IX.
THE LAST THREE VOLUMES OF THE DECLINE AND FALL144
 
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