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Murray's Handbook had the grace to quote this passage from Gibbon's "Autobiography," which led Adams more than once to sit at sunset on the steps of the Church of Santa Maria di Ara Coeli, curiously wondering that not an inch had been gained by Gibbon or all the historians since towards explaining the Fall. The mystery remained unsolved; the charm remained intact.
He also was the author of those well-known text-books, "The Founders of Islam," and "The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire." This latter work, in five volumes, had been not unfavorably compared to Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
Hooker astir early The field near the Dunker Church Artillery combat Positions of Hooker's divisions Rocky ledges in the woods Advance of Doubleday through Miller's orchard and garden Enemy's fire from West Wood They rush for Gibbon's battery Repulse Advance of Patrick's brigade Fierce fighting along the turnpike Ricketts's division in the East Wood Fresh effort of Meade's division in the centre A lull in the battle Mansfield's corps reaches the field Conflicting opinions as to the hour Mansfield killed Command devolves on Williams Advance through East Wood Hooker wounded Meade in command of the corps It withdraws Greene's division reaches the Dunker Church Crawford's in the East Wood Terrible effects on the Confederates Sumner's corps coming up Its formation It moves on the Dunker Church from the east Divergence of the divisions Sedgwick's passes to right of Greene Attacked in flank and broken Rallying at the Poffenberger hill Twelfth Corps hanging on near the church Advance of French's division Richardson follows later Bloody Lane reached The Piper house Franklin's corps arrives Charge of Irwin's brigade.
To set The Gentle Art beside The Dissertation on the Letters of Phalaris, Gibbon's Vindication, or the polemics of Voltaire, would be as unjust as to hang "Cremorne Gardens" in the Arena Chapel. Whistler was not even cock of the Late Victorian walk; both Oscar Wilde and Mr. Bernard Shaw were his masters in the art of controversy.
As to these he will be guided by strong inclination and possibly with a view to the subject of his magnum opus; but if these considerations be absent and if the work has not been done in the university, I cannot too strongly recommend the mastery of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall" and Bryce's "Holy Roman Empire."
Some have complained of Gibbon's 'hero-worship' of Dietrich I do not. The honest and accurate cynic so very seldom worshipped a hero, or believed in the existence of any, that we may take his good opinion as almost final and without appeal.
"We'll just put our Russian friend back here in the corner, where the shelf suppresses him," said Georgia, who seemed to have accepted the self-appointed position of head cataloguer. "Some of the students might happen to call." "This," said Dr. Parkman, who was dusting Gibbon's Rome, "is the sort of thing that is called the backbone of a library."
He renewed the Roman walls and fortifications, repaired the aqueducts, and constructed commodious baths and other public buildings. See Gibbon's "Decline and Fall," chap. 39, for the general conduct of Theodoric in Italy. Tiraboschi, book i.
Reading is made too easy nowadays, with cheap paper editions and free libraries. A man does not appreciate at its full worth the thing that comes to him without effort. Who now ever gets the thrill which Carlyle felt when he hurried home with the six volumes of Gibbon's "History" under his arm, his mind just starving for want of food, to devour them at the rate of one a day?
Day was alone at the moment of her arrival, and that her mother was in unusually low spirits was quite obvious to Deleah. "Come for a walk with me, mama; it is not good for you to be shut up on such a day in this stuffy room." Mrs. Day declined, but she could not deny that the room was stuffy. No flowers were on the table now that Gibbon's offerings had ceased. No plants on the wide window seat.
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