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1、HISTORYOFROMAN-1HistoryOfTheDeclineAndFallOfTheRomanEmpireEdwardGibbon,Esq.WithnotesbytheRev.H.H.MilmanVol.1IntroductionPrefaceByTheEditor.ThegreatworkofGibbonisindispensabletothestudentofhistory.TheliteratureofEuropeoffersnosubstitutefor"TheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire
2、."Ithasobtainedundisputed27用心爱心专心possession,asrightfuloccupant,ofthevastperiodwhichitcomprehends.Howeversomesubjects,whichitembraces,mayhaveundergonemorecompleteinvestigation,onthegeneralviewofthewholeperiod,thishistoryisthesoleundisputedauthoritytowhichalldefer,andfromwh
3、ichfewappealtotheoriginalwriters,ortomoremoderncompilers.Theinherentinterestofthesubject,theinexhaustiblelaboremployeduponit;theimmensecondensationofmatter;theluminousarrangement;thegeneralaccuracy;thestyle,which,howevermonotonousfromitsuniformstateliness,andsometimeswear
4、isomefromitselaboratear.,isthroughoutvigorous,animated,oftenpicturesquealwayscommandsattention,alwaysconveysitsmeaningwithemphaticenergy,describeswithsingularbreadthandfidelity,andgeneralizeswithunrivalledfelicityofexpression;allthesehighqualificationshavesecured,andseeml
5、ikelytosecure,itspermanentplaceinhistoricliterature.ThisvastdesignofGibbon,themagnificentwholeintowhichhehascastthedecayandruinoftheancientcivilization,theformationandbirthoftheneworderofthings,willofitself,independentofthelaboriousexecutionofhisimmenseplan,render"TheDecl
6、ineandFalloftheRomanEmpire"an27用心爱心专心unapproachablesubjecttothefuturehistorian:^*intheeloquentlanguageofhisrecentFrencheditor,M.Guizot:-[Footnote*AconsiderableportionofthisprefacehasalreadyappearedbeforeuspublicintheQuarterlyReview.]"Thegradualdeclineofthemostextraordinar
7、ydominionwhichhaseverinvadedandoppressedtheworld;thefallofthatimmenseempire,erectedontheruinsofsomanykingdoms,republics,andstatesbothbarbarousandcivilized;andforminginitsturn,byitsdismemberment,amultitudeofstates,republics,andkingdoms;theannihilationofthereligionofGreecea
8、ndRome;thebirthandtheprogressofthetwonewreligionswhichhavesharedthemostbeautifulregionsoftheeart
