...hundred and thirty-seven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, esq., and of Judith Porten.3 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.4 From my...

...According to another version his last words were, " I think I could eat one of Bellamy's pies." — ED. 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 an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently...

...about his father's house, and which he has thus in his autobiography so whimsically described — • " 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 an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently...

...antecedents is identical with the satisfaction of the great historian. 230 " My lot," ваув Gibbon, " might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant...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...

...about his father's house, and which he has thus in his autobiography so whimsically described— " 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 an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently...

...chariots thither, and carried on' the three first prizes. (See his Life, Vol. ii. p. 217.)" 2 " I cannot reflect without pleasure on the bounty of nature,...free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy," &c. (Gibbon's Mem. i. 17 4to.) The present emperor of Russia (Alex. I.) is said to have...

...would have been lost to the world if he had been cursed with a sense of humor. "My lot," he points out, "might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant...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." It was...

...hundred and twenty-seven; 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,...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...

...early eighteenth century. The great historian Edward Gibbon wrote complacently in his autobiography, "My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy."22 The same spirit was expressed in many different ways by English literati such as Pope...

...hundred and thirty-seven ; 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,...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. Of this...