 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...anil biography. He proposed to write the lives of the distinguished military and political characters in Britain, from the reign of Henry VIII, to the present age- This, he conceived, would be rather an amusement than a labour , the materials •were accessible,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...have long revolved in my mind another scheme scheme of biographical writing ; the Lives, or rather the Characters, of the most eminent Persons in Arts...have flourished in Britain from the reign of Henry the Eighth to the present age. This work, extensive as it may be, would be an amusement, rather than... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 906 pages
...; (&sch.) " I have long revolved in my mind a volume of biographical writing; the Lives, or rather the Characters of the most eminent persons in arts and arms, in church and state, who have lluorishrd in Uritain from the reijniof Henry VIII. to the present a4f. The subject woulii afford a... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Library catalogs - 1826 - 672 pages
...(sfcsch.) " I have long revolved in my miml a volume of biographical writin; ; the Lives, or rather the Characters of the most eminent persons in arts and arms, in church and state, who have nourished in Britain from the reiini of Henry V1I1. to the present a.;e. The subjert wouM afford a... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1827 - 386 pages
...time. But I have long revolved in my mind another scheme of biographical writing ; the lives, or rather the characters, of the most eminent persons in arts...have flourished in Britain from the reign of Henry the Eighth to the present age. This LIFE OF GIBBON. 47 work, extensive as it may be, would be an amusement... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 408 pages
...time. But T have long revolved in my mind another scheme of biographical writing ; the lives, or rather the characters, of the most eminent persons in arts and arms, in church and state, who have nourished in Britain from the reign of Henry the Eighth to the present age. This •»ork, extensive... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 406 pages
...project ! " I have long revolved in my mind a volume of biographical writing ; the lives or rather the characters of the most eminent persons in arts...have flourished in Britain, from the reign of Henry the Eighth to the present age. The subject would afford a rich display of human nature and domestic... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 450 pages
...project ! ' I have long revolved in my mind a volume of biographical writing ; the lives or rather the characters of the most eminent persons in arts...have flourished in Britain, from the reign of Henry the Eighth to the present age. The subject would afford a rich display of human nature and domestic... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 454 pages
...mind a volume of biographical writing ; the lives or rather the characters of the most eminent persona in arts and arms, in church and state, who have flourished in Britain, from the reign of Henry the Eighth to the present age. The subject would afford a rich display of human nature and domestic... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1835 - 330 pages
...have long 'revolved in my mind a volume of biographical writing ; the lives or rather the character* of the most eminent persons in arts and arms, in church...have flourished in Britain, from the reign of Henry the Eighth to the present age. The subject would afford a rich display of human nature and domestic... | |
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I have long revolved in my mind another scheme of biographical writing : the lives, or rather the characters, of the most eminent persons in arts and arms, in church and state, who have flourished in Britain from the reign of Henry VIII. to the present... 
