| 单词 | Edward Gibbon |
| 例句 | He had a passion, in history, for Edward Gibbon, and, in literature, for the journals of Madame de Stael. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Many of the members were highly gifted, including the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author of “The School for Scandal,” and the historian Edward Gibbon. The Friday Night Gab Sessions That Fueled 18th-Century British Culture 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z But Barry doesn’t tell his tale in the style of Edward Gibbon. ?City of Bohane,? by Kevin Barry 2012-03-30T23:27:18Z In Lausanne, they paid their respects at the house of Edward Gibbon, where he penned his revered epic history, “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It 2011-05-27T19:00:27Z Edward Gibbon wrote that she had large black eyes that “sparkled with uncommon fire, tempered by the most attractive sweetness”. Stones that speak 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The words of Edward Gibbon bookend Philipp Meyer’s novel “The Son,” a luxuriantly big book that tells a very Texan story of decline and fall. Books of The Times: ‘The Son,’ a Novel by Philipp Meyer 2013-06-19T21:01:43Z At her death Ms. Saxton was nearing completion of her final book, a biography of the 18th-century English historian Edward Gibbon; all that she lacked was a final chapter. Martha Saxton, Historian Who Explored Women’s Lives, Dies at 77 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z For 20 years, starting in 1764, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Edward Gibbon and Adam Smith met regularly at the Turk’s Head tavern in London for conversation and conviviality. Review | ‘The Club’ spotlights the stars of 18th-century British culture — and invites some new members 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Isaac Asimov was inspired by Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire – and by contemporary global politics – to create his own political epic. Saci Lloyd's top 10 political books 2013-03-15T16:24:50Z In a superb, deliberately contrarian piece about Edward Gibbon, Bagehot neatly mocks English prejudice when he describes the future historian’s temporary conversion to Catholicism: Review | In these fractious times, a yearning for Walter Bagehot’s ‘age of discussion’ 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Or at least that’s how I suspect it will be seen in the cold light of hindsight, when some future Edward Gibbon sets out to tell the story of the American imperium in full. Opinion | The American Empire in Retreat 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z As far back as 1776, English historian Edward Gibbon was disparagingly referring to the empire's inhabitants as "the servile and effeminate Greeks of Byzantium." Why white supremacists and QAnon fans are obsessed with the Byzantine Empire 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z As a scholar of 18th-century English literature, Dr. Hart was guided by the orderly writing and minds of historian Edward Gibbon, essayist and lexicographer Samuel Johnson and political philosopher Edmund Burke. Jeffrey Hart, conservative stalwart who denounced modern-day GOP, dies at 88 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z After reading Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he realized he could do something similar: tell the story of the rise and fall of a galactic civilization. Apple has greenlit a TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “The vain titles of the victories of Justinian are crumbled into dust; but the name of the legislator is inscribed on a fair and everlasting monument,” wrote Edward Gibbon. The ‘Swamp’ Needs a Justinian 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z After reading Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he realized that he could do something similar: tell the story of the rise and fall of a galactic civilization. Apple is developing a TV show based on Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Enlightenment idols like Voltaire and Edward Gibbon were indebted to the same crowd. How European scholars first encountered the Arab world 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z As the historian Edward Gibbon observed, “the degrees of theological hatred depend on the spirit of the war, rather than on the importance of the controversies”. The Guardian view on the power of heresy | Editorial 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z English historian Edward Gibbon said that “solitude was the school for genius”. Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years | Michael Finkel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon, overstating somewhat, observed that if the Arabs had won at Tours, they could have sailed up the Thames. There is no such thing as western civilisation | Kwame Anthony Appiah 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It took the English historian Edward Gibbon more than a decade of work to get to the final sentence, which he penned on this night in 1787. Your Monday Briefing 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Writing in the eighteenth century about the decline and fall of Rome, the historian Edward Gibbon noted that: An army of none: The U.S. military is more powerful, less accountable and more dangerous than ever before 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Edward Gibbon was one of the first of the modern era to wrestle with this dilemma—and he failed miserably at it. What We Get Wrong About the Fall of Rome 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z As Edward Gibbon observed of the Roman Legions in his monumental history of the ancient world’s greatest empire, “They preserved peace by a constant preparation for war.” Eight Ways In Which The Army Is Strategically Unique 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z He was also brushing up on his Chechnyan and was hoping someone would buy him a copy of Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Amazon wishlist 2013-04-19T14:36:00Z The same would be true for T S Eliot in literature and Edward Gibbon in history. Are assessments of scientific intelligence biased toward mathematically oriented fields? 2012-08-30T23:45:00.370Z Lady Diana: "Caricature of Edward Gibbon," 82;"Cupids," 82.Beaux, Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day 2012-03-29T02:00:13.340Z I was born at Putney, the 27th of April, O.S., in the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq., and of Judith Porten. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z As the earliest prospectus reminded the public, no less a person than Edward Gibbon had first lamented the lack of any lending library befitting the dignity of an Imperial capital in London. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Edward Gibbon, one of the greatest historians, speaks of this period as “the triumph of barbarism and religion.” A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," by Edward Gibbon, Vol 1. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Someday -- perhaps sooner than we think -- a new Edward Gibbon in China or India will surely sit down to write "The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire." How America's empire will be remembered 2011-09-13T15:01:00Z The following are the most worthy of perusal: Letters to Edward Gibbon, Esq., by G. Travis, Archdeacon of Chester, 1785, 2nd edit.; A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z A modern writer, whose tendency ever was to minimize the extent of Christian persecution, is Edward Gibbon. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, Esq., in 6 vols. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning This company was founded by the celebrated Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a man who had read and thought much upon the subject of colonisation. A History of the English Church in New Zealand His figure was that of Mr. Edward Gibbon. Miss Cayley's Adventures Edward Gibbon and Hume laid the foundation of that college which is rising at Khartoum for the teaching of Mohammedanism under the Queen. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Besides his military aides for decorative purposes, he brought in his suite some of the best brains of the time, Thomas Turton, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, and Carlyle's gigantic pupil, Charles Buller. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 She had a famous niece, Elizabeth Fry, and a famous grandson, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the colonist. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago Such were the views of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in whose fertile brain the scheme originated. A History of the English Church in New Zealand Soon an intimate connection existed between Edward Gibbon and herself; he frequently accompanied her to stay at her mountain home at Grassy, while at Lausanne also they indulged in their dream of felicity. When Winter Comes to Main Street That restless theorist Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who had already sent out the settlers who had just founded Adelaide, joined this association, and impressed the members with his own idea already described on page 67. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 “This seat,” so Edward Gibbon wrote, “according to the custom of our venal country was to be bought, and fifteen hundred pounds were mentioned as the price of purchase.” Historical Essays Before his graduation from Harvard, he had determined to lead a literary life modelled upon that of Edward Gibbon. American Men of Mind Look inside the cover; read under the book-plate the engraved name, "Edward Gibbon, Esq." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 With young Deyverdun he worked, and in his company Edward Gibbon also played. When Winter Comes to Main Street Edward Gibbon Wakefield was said to have been a natural son of Lord Sandwich. Recollections of Old Liverpool No one, he said, would in the future be able to read the history of the Roman Empire unless he read Edward Gibbon. Historical Essays Edward Gibbon, printed on a small slip of paper, was pasted in them. Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This mansion derived its name from a grove of limes through which the road to the house formerly led; and it was here in 1737 that Edward Gibbon, the historian, was born. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London Edward Gibbon, David Hume, author of the well-known "History of England," and Adam Smith come next in time. The Leading Facts of English History Far more weighty was Edward Gibbon, who was in time to win fame as the historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. History of the United States For if Edward Gibbon could not have proudly said, I am the author of “six volumes in quartos”56 he would have had no interest for us. Historical Essays Edward Gibbon was the celebrated historian and author of that great work The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. From John O'Groats to Land's End My Dear Antony, Edward Gibbon, who wrote the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, belonged to the later half of the eighteenth century, and was a contemporary of Dr. Johnson and Burke. The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson Lausanne was where Edward Gibbon received the education he considered far superior to what could be had from Oxford. English Travellers of the Renaissance Its first two articles, prepared as lectures on Samuel Richardson and Edward Gibbon, are indeed his high-water, mark in both substance and style. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon passed nearly five years at Lausanne, from the age of sixteen to that of twenty-one, and they were fruitful years for his education. Historical Essays Gibbon's autobiography was published in 1796, two years after his death, by his friend, Lord Sheffield, under the title "Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq., with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself." The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters The eighteenth century novel demands separate treatment, and of the other prose authors the most eminent, Edward Gibbon, belongs to historical rather than to literary studies. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge Gibbon, the historian, whose grandfather was the Mr. Edward Gibbon so severely mulcted, has given, in the Memoirs of his Life and Writings, an interesting account of the proceedings in Parliament at this time. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 They were those propounded originally by Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield, and applied with extraordinary success to the formation and to the circumstances of the colony of South Australia. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Various companies and associations were founded under the influence of Lord Durham, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, and others, for the purpose of settling labourers in these lands. The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution I should think that few men have been born with the material for self-sufficient contentment more completely within himself than Edward Gibbon. Through the Magic Door I asked who it was to whom I had the honour of talking, and he told me he was Edward Gibbon Mardon. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott Five of the South Sea directors, ineluding Mr. Edward Gibbon, the grandfather of the celebrated historian, were ordered into the custody of the black rod. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Mr. Edward Gibbon Mardon, I observed, was slightly built, rather short, and had scanty whiskers which developed into a little thicker tuft on his chin. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott |
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