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| [CHAPTER I.] |
| [GIBBON'S EARLY LIFE UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING OXFORD] | [1] |
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| [CHAPTER II.] |
| [AT LAUSANNE] | [19] |
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| [CHAPTER III.] |
| [IN THE MILITIA] | [33] |
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| [CHAPTER IV.] |
| [THE ITALIAN JOURNEY] | [47] |
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| [CHAPTER V.] |
| [LITERARY SCHEMES.—THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND.—DISSERTATION ON THE SIXTH ÆNEID.—FATHER'S DEATH.—SETTLEMENT IN LONDON] | [58] |
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| [CHAPTER VI.] |
| [LIFE IN LONDON.—PARLIAMENT.—THE BOARD OF TRADE.—THE DECLINE AND FALL.—MIGRATION TO LAUSANNE] | [69] |
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| [CHAPTER VII.] |
| [THE FIRST THREE VOLUMES OF THE DECLINE AND FALL] | [95] |
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| [CHAPTER VIII.] |
| [THE LAST TEN TEARS OF HIS LIFE AT LAUSANNE] | [135] |
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| [CHAPTER IX.] |
| [THE LAST THREE VOLUMES OF THE DECLINE AND FALL] | [144] |
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| [CHAPTER X.] |
| [LAST ILLNESS.—DEATH.—CONCLUSION] | [169] |