To the university of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother. I spent fourteen months at Magdalen college ; they proved the fourteen months the most idle and unprofitable... Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq - Página 37 por Edward Gibbon - 1825 Vista completa -
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