 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost even,' year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity. 2. The Life of Julian, by the Abbe de la Bleterie, first introduced me to the man and the times ; and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 548 pages
...having remotely contributed to form the historian of the Roman empire. From Pascal, he tells us that he learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity, forgettitig that irony in every shape is beneath the dignity of the historical style, and subjects... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 544 pages
...having remotely contributed to form the historian of the Roman empire. From Pascal, he tells us that he learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity, forgetting that irony in every shape is beneath the dignity of the historical style, and subjects the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost everv year ! have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity. 2. The Life of Julian, by the Abbé de la Bleterie. first introduced me to the man and the times ;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...cstirpate.or restrain, according to their different tendency. Wit I have none. My imagination is raiher strong than pleasing. My memory both capacious and...understanding are extensiveness and penetration; but 1 want both quickness and exactness. As to my situationin life, though I may sometimes repine at it,... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1824 - 500 pages
...From the provincial letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity." Gibbon's Memoirs of his own Life, p. 67. 4to. ed. of his Miscell. Works, vol. I. tendency to promote... | |
 | Christopher Benson - Apologetics - 1824 - 500 pages
...From the provincial letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity." Gibbon's Memoirs of his own Life, p. 67. 4to. ed. of his Miscell. Works, vol. I. tendency to promote... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity. . 2. The Life of Julian, by the abbé de la Bleterie, first introduced me to the man and the times... | |
 | Christopher Benson - Apologetics - 1826 - 524 pages
...From the provincial letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity." Gibbon's Memoirs of his own Life, p. 6?. 4to. ed. of his Miscell. Works, vol. I. tendency to promote... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate...irony, even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity. 2. The Life of Julian, by the abb6 de la Bleterie, first introduced me to the man and the times ; and... | |
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From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate irony even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity. 
