 My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and...  Plutarch's Lives - Seite 203von Plutarch - 1916Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 Seiten
...flave, a favage, or a peafant ; nor can I refiect; without pleafure on the bounty of Nature , which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of fcience and philofophy, in a family of honorable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.... | |
 | 1797 - 856 Seiten
...flave, a favage, era peafant ; nor can I refleft without pleafure on the bounty of nature, which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of fcience and philofophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.... | |
 | 1798 - 432 Seiten
...flave, a favage, or a peafant, nor can I reflect, without pleafure, on the bounty of-nature which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of icience and philofophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts,of fortune.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 786 Seiten
...flave, a favage, or a peafant ; nor can I reflect without pleafure on the bounty of nature, which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of fcienceand philofophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 Seiten
...savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my t>irth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. From my birth I have... | |
 | 1806 - 688 Seiten
...the following passage. « My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage or a peasant, nor can I reflect without pleasure, on the bounty of nature...free and civilized country, in an age of science and ghilosophy, in a family of honorable rank and decently endowed with the gifts ojf fortune." " • Gibbon,... | |
 | Plutarch - 1811 - 356 Seiten
...that kings were seen among the competitors. Alcibiades sent seven chariots thither, and carried off the three first prizes. (See his Life, Vol. II. p....country, in an age of science and philosophy," &c. &c. (Gibbon's Mem. i. 17. 4to.) The present Emperor of Russia (Alex. I.) is said to have observed,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1813 - 532 Seiten
...flave, a favage, or a peafant : nor can I reflect without pleafure on the bounty of nature, which caft my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of fcience and philofophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune."... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 Seiten
...Esq. and of Judith Porten,* My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature,...civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of for^ tune. From my birth I have... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 Seiten
...esq. and of Judith Porten*. My>lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age nt' science and philosophy; in a family of honourable rank, and decently... | |
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