THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. WITH MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS, COMPOSED BY HIMSELF: ILLUSTRATED FROM HIS LETTERS, WITH OCCASIONAL NOTES AND NARRATIVE, BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN, LORD SHEFFIELD. A NEW EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS, IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LETTERS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, 50, ALBEMARLE-STREET, By C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar. 1814. D 7 G43 V.2 Reprinted from the edition of 1814, London First AMS edition published 1971 Manufactured in the United States of America International Standard Book Number: Complete Set: 0-404-02830-6 Volume 2 : 0-404-02832-2 Library of Congress Number :76-171363 AMS PRESS INC. NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003 CONTENTS. LETTER S. IX. MR. Gibbon to *** on the Government of Berne X. Mr. Gibbon to Mrs. Porten on Letters to Friends- Persons he met with--Admiral Byng—his Father's second Marriage. Lausanne, 1756 XI. Dr. Waldegrave (his Tutor at Oxford) to E. Gibbon, XII. Mr. Gibbon to his Father on his Abilities for speak- ing in the House of Commons-requesting that the Sum necessary to purchase a Seat in it might XIII. Mr. Mallet to Mr. Gibbon, inclosing a Letter from XIV. George Lewis Scott, Esq. to E. Gibbon, Esq. jún. on his mathematical Studies. May 7th, 1762 XV.Mr. Gibbon to Mrs. Gibbon on his Arrival at Paris |