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"Mr. Gibbon may still maintain the character of an historian; but it is difficult to conceive how Mr. Davis will support his pretensions, if he aspires to that of a gentleman."
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Edward GibbonAnother damned thick book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh, Mr — Edward Gibbon
"Another damned thick book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh, Mr. Gibbon?"
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Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
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Edward Gibbon was a British essayist, historian and minor politician. His most important and influential work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, to critical and commercial success. It is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organized religion.
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"Vitellius consumed in mere eating, at least six millions of our money in about seven months. It is not easy to express his vices with dignity, or even decency."
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"There are some advocates who would disgrace Christianity, if Christianity could be disgraced, by the manner in which they defend her cause."
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"The writer who aspires to the name of historian, is obliged to consult a variety of original testimonies, each of which, taken separately, is perhaps imperfect and partial. By a judicious reunion and arrangement of these dispersed materials, he endeavours to form a consistent and interesting narrative."
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"The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive."
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"I disdain to add a single reflection; nor shall I qualify the conduct of my adversary with any of those harsh epithets, which might be interpreted as the expressions of resentment, though I should be constrained to use them as the only words in the English language which could accurately represent my cool and unprejudiced sentiments."
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