The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon; With Memoirs of His Life and Writings Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ... sponsionem ad epistolam ita blandam, ita sibi honorificam ? Non conjiciam causam longi silentii in senectutem, quamquam baee quoque incipit sufflaminare nonnunquam conatus meos, ut sentiam circa septuagesimuin, demptis tribus, jetatis annum, non ita me jam imperare posse ifigenio, ut annis superioribus. Sed cum alias in otium concedere paullatim detur senibus, mihi adhuc pene contra evenit, ut subinde novae mihi curae imponantur. Adscriptus sum societatibus aliquot, ut Berolincnsi, et nostra; scientiarum; hanc etiam per vices semestres jussus dirigere: praesidere soleo singulis hebdomadis societati apud nos Germanicae; submittere autem scriptiunculas quasdam meas Latins Jenensi. Bibliothecam Academiaj, quinquaginta ad minimum librorum millibus constantem, curare meum est: tum scholas majores per Germanicas Regis provincias inspiccre, et regere consilio; turn alimen a letter so obliging, and so honourable to himself? I will not throw the blame on my advanced age, though I begin to feel my former powers of exertion somewhat slacken and abaje under the weight of sixty-seven years. At this time of life most old men are indulged with a diminution of labour; whereas I, on the contrary, am continually burdened with an increase of occupations and cares. I belong to several academies, particularly that of Berlin, and this, of Gottingen; which last I am appointed to direct six months in the year; I also preside weekly in the German society of this place, and frequently correspond with the Latin society of Jena. I am entrusted with the care of the public library, consisting at least of fifty thousand volumes; with the inspection of the colleges in his Majesty's German dominions; and with the superintendance of about twenty youths, who are educated...