Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire, Vol. 1 of 3: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself; Illustrated From His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire, Vol. 1 of 3: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself; Illustrated From His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative This opinion has rendered me anxious to publifh the prefent Memoirs, Without any un-s necefi'ary delay; for I am perfuaded, that the Author of them cannot be made to appear in a truer light than he does in the following pages. Ill them, and. In his different Letters, which I haye added, Will be found a complete picture of his talents, his difpofition, his peg-9 dies, and his attainments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.