The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶642
711 But the humanity of the reader will permit me to draw a veil over the rest of this infernal description, which the zealous African pursues in a long variety of affected and unfeeling witticisms.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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