...OS, in the year 1737 ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, esq., and of Judith Porten. My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...bounty of nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in au age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently...

...historian, but their respective ground» of satisfaction are widely different. " My lot," says Gibbon, " might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant," he omits to say or a " heathen." He reflects on " the bounty of Nature"; Mrs. Gilbert, religiously...

...fixed hia existence •when and where it did, attended by so many advantages. " My lot," says he, " might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant; nor din Irefleet without pleasure on the bounty of nature (he should have said Providence), which cast...

...confessions" of the late " Lion :" — they shall stand unmixed " with baser matter." THE COCKNEY. "Mr lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant," says the grateful Gibbon ; "nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast...

...confessions" of the late " Lion :" — they shall stand unmixed " with baser matter." THE COCKNEY. "Mr lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant," says the grateful Gibbon ; " nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast...

...and thirty-seven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq., and of Judith Porten.10 My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. From my...

...coincidences in our respective positions and circumstances are certainly remarkable : — " I cannot reflect without pleasure on the bounty of nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently...

...coincidences in our respective positions and circumstances are certainly remarkable: — " I cannot reflect without pleasure on the bounty of nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently...

...coincidences in our respective positions and circumstances are certainly remarkable: — M I cannot reflect without pleasure on the bounty of nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently...

...might have been that of a slave, n. savage, or a peasant; n.'T can I reflect without pleasure on tl~ie bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an aq-e of science and philosophy, in a family of honorable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts...