The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶311
The silence of Jerom would lead to a suspicion that the same story which was celebrated at a distance, might be despised on the spot. * Note: Gibbon has forgotten Basnage, to whom Warburton replied.—M.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #732 (Milman edition) — public domain
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