Memoirs
work by Gibbon
Also known as: “Mémoire justificatif”
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discussed in biography
- In Edward Gibbon: Life
…was to note in his Memoirs “at the expense of many tears and some blood, [he] purchased a knowledge of Latin syntax.” In 1749 he was admitted to Westminster School. He was taken in 1750 to Bath and Winchester in search of health and after an unsuccessful attempt to return…
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