The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland part 2 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 26
en in the English language was published; andthe dying historian was able to praise the youngerman who was achieving greater things than hehimself had accomplished. Edward Gibbon wasthe name of the new historian; his work, TheDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire. De-spite all the histories that… … 1. THOMAS DE QUINCEY. 2. RICHARD STEELE. 3. EDWARD GIBBON. FAMOUS ENGLISH WRITERS. 7. CHARLES LAMB.J23 4. JOSEPH ADDISON. 5. WILLIAM HAZLITT. 6. THOMAS B. MACAULAY. 224 A GROUP OF CELEBRATED ENGLISH WRITERS was born at Putney, now a part of London, butthen a rural village, on April 27, 1737. His…
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