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

part I now feel as if a mountain was removed from my breast; as

far as I can judge, the public unanimously applauds my compliment to Lord North,[120] and does not appear dissatisfied with the conclusion of my work. I look back with amazement on the road which I have travelled, but which I should never have entered had I been previously apprized of its length.

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