Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, by an Octogenarian
by James Roche
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ISBN13: 9780217196543
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: GIBBON. 1.?The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq., with Selections from his Correspondence, and Illustrations. By the Rev. H. H. Milman. 8vo., Murray, 1839. 2.? The Men of Letters and Science, who flourished in the Times of George III. By Henry Lord Brougham. Article, Edward Gibbon. Charles Knight, 1845. 3.?Notice sur la Vie et le Caractere de M. Gibbon. Par M. F. Guizot, (The late French Minister.) Paris: Mara- dan, 1812, and Ledentu, 1829. 4.?Memoir of Edward Gibbon, fyc. By William Young- Man. 8vo., London: Robinson, 1830. Autobiography, or the writer's narrative of his own life, though not the most faithful, for self-love will even unconsciously insinuate its partial leanings, is still perhaps the most attractive in this line of composition. It is usually, too, the seductive occupation of advanced and vacant years, when retirement necessarily succeeds the expired powers of action, and age complacently indulges the fond retrospect of a past course of fame and honour, whether acquired in public, or studious and meditative life. Nulla recordenti lux est ingrata gravisque: Ampliat fetatis spatium sibi vir bonus: Hoc est Vivere bis, vita posse priore frui.?Martial, x. 23. We find it, consequently, sanctioned by the example of antiquity; for we learn from Tacitus, (VitaAgricolae, cap. 2, ) that many distinguished characters of his own and previous times hesitated not to become their personal biographers, without encountering censure or disbelief, proving, as the historian remarks, that the periods most fertile in merit are also the most competent to appreciate it. Of authors, however, by profession, and of the generally eventless tenor of literary life, it has been often observed, that the history of a writer is best viewed in bis works; nor perhaps is there mu...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217196543 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217196543 |
| Weight | 1.00 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 In |
| List Price | $24.76 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 308 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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