...and minute investigation. It was at Rome, on the 15th October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruina of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing...in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing this Decline and Fall of tife city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed...

...the 15th of Octoher, 1764, as I Sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the hare- footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter,...writing the Decline and Fall of the City first started into my mind. — P. 184. And this, too, it has heen conjectured, was the moment which fixed him in...

...minute investigation." In another place he remarks, " It was at Rome, on the 15th of Octoher, 1764, as 1 sat musing amidst the ruins of the capitol, while...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." After devoting six weeks to the tour of Naples, he returned to his own country : the succeeding five...

...the 15th of October, I'll!. as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bars-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter,...decline and fall of the City first started to my mind. Father Malebranche having completed his studies in philosophy and theology without any other intention...

...frequently occasioned the most eminent geniuses to display their powers. " It was at Rome," says Gibbon, " on the 15th of October, 1764), as I sat musing amidst...decline and fall of the City first started to my mind." Father Malebranche having completed his studies in philosophy and theology without any other intention...

...but in this sketch those to whom I am known will not accuse me of framing my own panegyric. It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing...circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire : and, though my reading and reflections began to point towards that object, some years...

...but in this sketch those to whom I am known will not accuse me of framing my own panegyric. It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing...circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire : and, though my reading and reflections began to point towards that object, some years...

...who:» I am known will not accuse me of framing my own panegyric. It was at Rome, on the 15th of 'Ytouer 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol,...my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of tbe city rather than of the empire : ard, though my reading and reflections began to point towards...

...It was at Rome, on the 15th October, 1764, as I sate musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, whilst the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the...Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind." The Temple of Jupiter, to which the historian alludes, is the church of Aracaeli, where Marc Anthony...

...loth of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.' — Miscellaneous Works, vol. ip 198. • Perhaps' (observes M. Suard) ' it will not be difficult to...