...known will not accuse me of framing my own panegyric. It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1704, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,7 that the idea of writing the decline and fall...

...ana Italy; and it was while he sat musing among the ruins of the Capitol, and the "surefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing a history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire first arose in his mind . Several other historical...

...15th of October, 1761, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, vrhile the bare-footed friars were singing Vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fell of the city first started to my muid. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the...

...precise words cannot be omitted in any sketch of Gibbon, however brief: — " It was at Rome," says he, "on the loth of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall...

...15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the rums of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fnarn were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fail of thn City first started to my mind. Father Malebranche having completed his studies in philosophy...

...cannot be omitted in any sketch of Gibbon, however brief: — "It was at Rome," says he, "on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall...

...liitd of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fnara were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that...the idea of writing the decline and fall of the City firat started to my mind. Father Malebranche having completed his itudies in philosophy and theology...

...geniuses to display their powers. " It was at Bome," says Gibbon, " on the 15th of October, 176-1, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall...

...eminent geniuses to display their powers. " It was at Rome," says Gibbon, " on the 15th of October, I76i, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall...

...authorship on Gibbon. He had been long conversant with his great theme before. "At Kome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the...