The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Topic

Fortune

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 19th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 6, London: Cadell and Davies, c. 1789, ch. 68.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 6. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 68.

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Everything that lives,
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Author

William Blake
Source
The Book of Thel
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
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Original Citation

Blake, William. The Book of Thel. London, c. 1789.

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Blake, William. "The Book of Thel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.