heddington-hill

Updated: May 7, 2025

I preferred his society to that of the younger students; and in our evening walks to the top of Heddington-hill, we freely conversed on a variety of subjects. Since the days of Pocock and Hyde, Oriental learning has always been the pride of Oxford, and I once expressed an inclination to study Arabic.

Edward Gibbon - Memoirs of My Life and Writings