EdwardGibbon，Esq

　　WithnotesbytheRev。H。H。Milman

　　Vol。1

　　IntroductionPrefaceByTheEditor。

　　ThegreatworkofGibbonisindispensabletothestudentofhistory。TheliteratureofEuropeoffersnosubstitutefor\"TheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire。\"Ithasobtainedundisputedpossession，asrightfuloccupant，ofthevastperiodwhichitcomprehends。Howeversomesubjects，whichitembraces，mayhaveundergonemorecompleteinvestigation，onthegeneralviewofthewholeperiod，thishistoryisthesoleundisputedauthoritytowhichalldefer，andfromwhichfewappealtotheoriginalwriters，ortomoremoderncompilers。Theinherentinterestofthesubject，theinexhaustiblelaboremployeduponit；theimmensecondensationofmatter；theluminousarrangement；thegeneralaccuracy；thestyle，which，howevermonotonousfromitsuniformstateliness，andsometimeswearisomefromitselaboratear。，isthroughoutvigorous，animated，oftenpicturesquealwayscommandsattention，alwaysconveysitsmeaningwithemphaticenergy，describeswithsingularbreadthandfidelity，andgeneralizeswithunrivalledfelicityofexpression；allthesehighqualificationshavesecured，andseemlikelytosecure，itspermanentplaceinhistoricliterature。

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