21. Edward Gibbon (part 2) to commemorate the bicentennial of the death of Edward Gibbon (17371794), 1977 Edward Gibbon and the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. http://www.his.com/~z/gibho2.html

Edward Gibbon, Historian of the Roman Empire Part II: A Closer Look at the Decline and Fall by Eugene Y. C. Ho, Hong Kong Tragic News: Mr. Ho died in July 1997, at the age of 37, after an accident in his home. See his home page at the Karl Popper web site. See also Two Part Invention in D Minor by the late Eugene Ho - duration ~1 minute, Mr. Ho playing his own composition, first performed at the Hong Kong Arts Centre on 9 September 1994 ... for 14.4 kb/s modem: ... for 56 kb/s (streaming): RealPlayer , or Microsoft Media The following is in Eugene's own words: Author's Note: Originally published in Issue 31 (Jul - Sep 1994) of the Hong Kong intellectual journal Intellectus, the following essay the first of a two-part instalment was written to commemorate the bicentennial of the death of Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), author of A History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Click here for the first instalment . Readers who wish to read some specimens of Gibbon's masterpiece may visit either Dr. Zimmermann's web page ( The "Best of" Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ) or mine ( Passages from Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Some Major Themes of the Decline and Fall As noted in the first part of this essay, Gibbon feels, thinks, and writes as a Republican Roman. When he praises or criticises someone or something, it is always from the standpoint of a contemporary Roman citizen. The following Table of Opposites will help us understand what Gibbon's likes and dislikes are:

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Home Search Indexes E-books ... creative Creative Quotations from . . . Edward Gibbon 1737-1794) born on May 8 English historian. "His masterpiece was "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," 1776-1788." Search millions of documents for Edward Gibbon Fishing For Creativity Creative Perfumes Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself." "It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work." "The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise." "We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and we must win." The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event. Published Sources for the above Quotations: F: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."

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showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Arts Business Entertainment Games ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Literature WordNet Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Edward Gibbon Dictionary Gib·bon gĭb ən Edward British historian who wrote the classic text The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Encyclopedia Gibbon, Edward, 1737–94, English historian, author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. His childhood was sickly, and he had little formal education but read enormously and omnivorously. He went at the age of 15 to Oxford, but was forced to leave because of his conversion to Roman Catholicism. His father sent him (1753) to Lausanne, where he was formally reconverted to Protestantism. Actually, he became a skeptic and later greatly offended the pious by his famous chapters of historical criticism of Christianity in his great work. In Lausanne he fell in love with the penniless daughter of a pastor, Suzanne Curchod (who was later to be the great intellectual, Mme Necker). The two were engaged to be married, but Gibbon's father refused consent. Gibbon “sighed as a lover” but “obeyed as a son” and gave up the match. He left Lausanne in 1758. It was on a visit to Rome that he conceived the idea of his magnificent and panoramic history. This appeared as The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 vol., 1776–88) and won immediate acclaim, despite some harsh criticism. Gibbon himself was assured of the greatness of his work, which is, indeed, one of the most-read historical works of modern times. He entered upon a short and highly inglorious political career, serving as a member of Parliament from 1774 to 1783. He violently opposed the American Revolution, although later he was to look with favor on the more radical French Revolution. In 1783 he withdrew to Lausanne, where he completed his masterpiece. His own

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Tom Moran's Edward Gibbon Page Who Is Edward Gibbon? Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) was an 18th Century British historian and the author of "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," one of the few historical works of the modern era to stand comparison with the great classical works of Herodotus, Thucydides and Tacitus both as history and as literature. At a million and a half words, Gibbon's masterpiece is not only one of the greatest works of history ever written, but one of the longest. As with Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and Proust's "A la recherche du temps perdu," its very length is daunting to many readers. The comparison with Proust is particularly appropriate, since both Gibbon and Proust made the same (arguable) mistake. Roughly midway through the writing of their respective books, they decided to reconceive their scale. This ended up making their books more than twice as long as they would have been if they'd followed their original conceptions. Without a doubt, this has had the effect of cutting their potential readership in at least half. A lot of people who would read a book of half a million words will balk at attempting a book of a million and a half. Why Should I Spend God Knows How Many Hours of My Life Reading a Million and a Half Words About the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?

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34. Gibbon, Edward, Biography Edward Gibbon (17371794). Author of The History of the Decline and Fall of theRoman Empire The Autobiographies of Edward Gibbon, ed. Sir John Murray. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/pcraddoc/dfgib/biog.htm

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) Author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Patricia Craddock, University of Florida WORKS Gibbon, Edward. Memoirs of My Life , ed. G. A. Bonnard. London: Nelson, 1966. The Autobiographies of Edward Gibbon , ed. Sir John Murray. London: John Murray, 1896. Gibbon, Edward. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , ed. J. B. Bury. 7 vols. AMS reprint. Originally published London: Methuen, 1896-1900. Textually superseded by the edition of David Womersley, 3 vols., London: Penguin, 1997. Womersley's edition also provides information about Gibbon's sources and an extensive introduction, as well as a reprint of Gibbon's Vindication of Chapters XV and XVI. The English Essays of Edward Gibbon, ed. Patricia B. Craddock. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1972. Includes all of Gibbon's miscellaneous writings in English, including the Vindication and the anonymously-published Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of Vergil's Aeneid Does not include any of Gibbon's journals or letters, or his two major works in English, the

35. Gibbon, Edward, Bibliography Edward Gibbon (17371794). Author of The History of the Decline and Fall of theRoman Low, D. M. Edward Gibbon 1737-1794. London Chatto Winds, 1937. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/pcraddoc/dfgib/forlynch.htm

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) Author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Patricia Craddock, University of Florida BIBLIOGRAPHIES Primary Works Beatty, H. M. "Bibliography of Gibbon's History, Minor and Miscellaneous Works, and Letters; and of the Controversial Replies to the History," in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , ed. J. B. Bury. London: Methuen, 1909-14, 7:348-64. Note: Available only in this edition of Bury's edition and in the AMS reprint (1974) of Bury. Norton, J.E A Bibliography of the Works of Edward Gibbon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1940. 266 pp. Lithographically reprinted in 1970. Secondary Works McCloy, Shelby T Gibbon's Antagonism to Christianity. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, and London: Williams and Norgate, 1933. 375 pp. Reprinted in Burt Franklin Research and Source Work Series, New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. Many of the polemical works listed and discussed here are also included in Gibboniana. The Life and Times of Seven Major British Writers . . . Gibbon. 17 vols. New York and London: Garland, 1974. Cordasco, Francesco

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Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index 10 Sep 2005 BBC Homepage BBC Radio Radio 4 Radio 4 History ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Search The Website The End of Lord North George III was under considerable strain. He considered abdicating and returning to Germany. There was a feeling in the country that "someone had to pay" for the humiliation of American Independence. North had lost the support of Parliament and resigned. The king called for Rockingham but within four months Rockingham was dead. It was left to Shelburne to continue negotiations for peace with America. Britain was isolated. The Franco-Spanish alliance threatened peace in Europe. The French were threatening peace in India. The Americans were negotiating peace terms. Rockingham had agreed to Irish legislative independence which would last until 1801. Edward Gibbon EDWARD GIBBON (1737-1794) Historian Went to Italy in 1763-1764 Began writing The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire the first volume of which was published in 1776 The work is considered fine literature although some historians questioned its sources and omissions Above all, it is a reflection of Gibbon's pessimistic view of life, which in turn reflects the age in which he wrote

37. Gibbon, Edward Famous Quotes Famous Quotes By Gibbon, Edward. 17371794 British Historian. My early andinvincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India. http://www.borntomotivate.com/FamousQuote_EdwardGibbon.html

Famous Quotes By: Gibbon, Edward 1737-1794 British Historian My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India. Gibbon, Edward Books - Reading I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. Gibbon, Edward Duty Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. Gibbon, Edward Books - Reading The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event. Gibbon, Edward Critics and Criticism The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events. Gibbon, Edward Detail Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. Gibbon, Edward Disasters Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. Gibbon, Edward Fanatics and Fanaticism Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. Gibbon, Edward Gratitude History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. Gibbon, Edward History and Historians The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular. Gibbon, Edward

38. Edward Gibbon; Author Of The History Of The Decline And Fall (17371794). Edward Gibbon was the eldest of seven children born to Edward Gibbonand Julia Porten, and their only child to survive infancy. http://www.ourcivilisation.com/gibbon.htm

Edward Gibbon Edward Gibbon was the eldest of seven children born to Edward Gibbon and Julia Porten, and their only child to survive infancy. He attributed his survival to the affectionate care of his aunt, Catherine Porten, " the true mother of my mind as well as my health It was she who encouraged him in his " invincible love of reading ," which he pursued widely in his grand-father's library until his " indiscriminate appetite subsided by degrees in the historic line Gibbon's early schooling had been irregular and frequently interrupted by illness. Then, suddenly, as he approached his sixteenth year, "his disorders wonderfully vanished." Shortly afterwards his father sent him to Oxford. Here he received neither instruction nor companionship, finding the boys frivolous, the dons indolent, and his fourteen months at the university "the most idle and unprofitable" of his whole life. In the course of his solitary literary rambles during these fourteen months, Gibbon became converted to Catholicism. He wrote to his father of the step, and the elder Gibbon, with the impetuosity that seems to have characterised his dealings with his son, sent the sixteen-year-old youth to Lausanne. Here under the tutelage of the Calvinist minister, M. Pavilliard, young Gibbon repudiated his Catholicism and followed a carefully supervised program of studies with particular emphasis on the French and Latin classics and on the mastery of these languages.

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MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Sign In Web Search: Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade your Encarta Experience Search Encarta Upgrade your Encarta Experience Spend less time searching and more time learning. Learn more Tasks Find in this article Print Preview Related Items works by Edward Gibbon quotations more... Further Reading Search for books and more related to Gibbon, Edward Encarta Search Search Encarta about Gibbon, Edward Advertisement Gibbon, Edward Encyclopedia Article Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794), the greatest English historian of his time and author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788). Despite the availability of new factual data and a recognition of Gibbon's Western bias, which placed moral judgments on the material decadence of Roman times, Decline and Fall is still read and enjoyed. Gibbon was born in Putney (now part of London). He was a sickly child and had almost no formal schooling. He was, however, an avid reader. As he approached age 15, his health suddenly improved, and his father entered him in Magdalen College, University of Oxford. However, Gibbon hated Oxford. Study of early Christianity led him to convert to Roman Catholicism in June 1753, thus barring him from the university, which at that time admitted only Anglicans. His father sent Gibbon to Lausanne, Switzerland, in care of a Calvinist pastor, who by Christmas, 1754, had reconciled him to Protestantism. Gibbon remained in Switzerland for nearly five years. He rounded out his classical education, adding the study of logic and Greek to his Latin. He conversed with savants, did some writing in French, and, for the first and only time, fell in love. On his return to England in 1758, however, his father put an end to the engagement. By that time Gibbon had determined to devote his life to scholarship and writing. After two years in the Hampshire militia, he left again for Europe. In 1764, while visiting Rome, Gibbon decided to write about the city's history. In another two years his project was clear, and he began to set down on paper 1300 years of history.

40. Gibbon Bibliography (Craddock) DM Low, Edward Gibbon 17371794 (London Chatto Windus, 1937). 384 pp.Michael Joyce, Edward Gibbon (London and New York Longmans, 1953). 183 pp. http://www.c18.rutgers.edu/biblio/gibbon.html

c18 Europe c18 America Search Interroger ... Contacter Selected Bibliography: Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) By Patricia B. Craddock University of Florida Last revised 19 May 1999 Bibliographies Primary Works H. M. Beatty, "Bibliography of Gibbon's History, Minor and Miscellaneous Works, and Letters; and of the Controversial Replies to the History," in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , ed. J. B. Bury (London: Methuen, 1909-14), 7:348-64. Available only in this edition of Bury's edition and in the AMS reprint (1974) of Bury. J. E. Norton, A Bibliography of the Works of Edward Gibbon (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1940). 266 pp. Lithographically reprinted in 1970. Secondary Works Shelby T. McCloy, Gibbon's Antagonism to Christianity (Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, and London: Williams and Norgate, 1933). 375 pp. Reprinted in Burt Franklin Research and Source Work Series (New York: Burt Franklin, n.d.). Many of the polemical works listed and discussed here are also included in Gibboniana: The Life and Times of Seven Major British Writers . . . Gibbon , 17 vols. (New York and London: Garland, 1974).

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