 | Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pagina’s
...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....have enjoyed the right of primogeniture; but I was fucceeded by five brothers and one fifter, all of whom •were fnatched away in their infancy. My five... | |
 | 1797 - 856 pagina’s
...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...gifts of fortune. From my birth I have enjoyed the C 4 right right of primogeniture; but I was fuccceded by five brothers and one filter, all of whom... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 788 pagina’s
...nature, which raft my birth in a free and civtli'zcd country, rn an ape of ivience and philofopiiy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. From my birth 1 have enjoyed the right of primogeniture; but I was Succeeded by rive brothers and one filter, all... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 786 pagina’s
...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. Vrom nay birth I have enjoyed the right of primogeniture ; but 1 was fucceeded by five brothers and... | |
 | 1800 - 776 pagina’s
...nature, which call my birth in a free and civilized country, in art age of' fcienceanci philofophy, in a. family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of tortone. From my birth 1 have enjoyed the right of primogeniture; but 1 was iticceeded by rive brothers... | |
 | 1807 - 772 pagina’s
...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...My five brothers, whose names may be found in the pariah register of Putney, I shall not pretend to lament ;. but from my childhood <o-the present hour... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pagina’s
...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 decently endowed with the gifts of for^ tune. From my birth I have enjoyed the right of primogeniture ; but I was succeeded by five brothers... | |
 | 1830 - 336 pagina’s
...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...brothers and one sister, all of whom were snatched away m their infancy. My five brothers, whose names may be found in the parish register of Putney, I shall... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pagina’s
...pleasure on the hounty 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 decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. — Gibbon. "/' the Latin Church. St. Anthimus, Kiihop, and many others, Martyn at Nicomedia, 303.... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pagina’s
...on the bounty of nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of M?ience and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune." Gibbon's Memoirs. Coleridge in the introduction to his Lay Sermons, page x. says, " Few are sufficiently... | |
| |
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 of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and... 
