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Beriton, April 14, 1761. ( In a short excursion from Dover. ) - Edward Gibbon, Autobiography [1795]Edition used:The Autobiography of Edward Gibbon (London: Dent, 1911). Introduction by Oliphant Smeaton.
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Beriton, April 14, 1761.
“Having thought of several subjects for an historical composition, I chose the expedition of Charles VIII. of France into Italy. I read two memoirs of Mr. de Foncemagne in the Academy of Inscriptions (tom. xvii. p. 539-607), and abstracted them. I likewise finished this day a dissertation, in which I examined the right of Charles VIII. to the crown of Naples, and the rival claims of the House of Anjou and Arragon: it consists of ten folio pages, besides large notes.” |
