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English Men of Letters

EDITED BY JOHN MORLEY

BY

JAMES COTTER MORISON, M.A.

LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD

London

MACMILLAN AND CO

1878

CONTENTS

GIBBON

CHAPTER I.

GIBBON'S EARLY LIFE UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING OXFORD.

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CHAPTER II.

AT LAUSANNE.

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CHAPTER III.

IN THE MILITIA.

CHAPTER IV.

THE ITALIAN JOURNEY.

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CHAPTER V.

LITERARY SCHEMES.—THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND.—DISSERTATION ON THE SIXTH ÆNEID.—FATHER'S DEATH.—SETTLEMENT IN LONDON.

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CHAPTER VI.

LIFE IN LONDON.—PARLIAMENT.—THE BOARD OF TRADE.—THE DECLINE AND FALL.—MIGRATION TO LAUSANNE.

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CHAPTER VII.

THE FIRST THREE VOLUMES OF THE DECLINE AND FALL.

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CHAPTER VIII.

THE LAST TEN YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN LAUSANNE.

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CHAPTER IX.

THE LAST THREE VOLUMES OF THE DECLINE AND FALL.

CHAPTER X.

LAST ILLNESS.—DEATH.—CONCLUSION.

ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS.

EDITED BY JOHN MORLEY.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

MACMILLAN'S GLOBE LIBRARY.

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