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Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 140 — 104.

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Sir John Dalrymple published in 1771 the two first volumes of his Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. His style was parodied by Dr. Johnson, who said, "Nothing can be poorer than his mode of writing; it is the mere bouncing of a schoolboy!"

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