Tag Archives: Edward Gibbon

Naked Lady of the Week: Niemira

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the 18th century Edward Gibbon speculated that the world’s most comely women derive from the areas bordering the Black Sea. “It is,” he said, “in the adjacent climates of Georgia, Mingrelia, and Circassia, that nature … Continue reading →

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The French Are an Ancient and Opulent People

Posted on March 22, 2016 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I. Germany (says the Greek Chalcondyles) is of ample latitude from Vienna to the ocean; and it stretches (a strange geography) from Prague in Bohemia to the River Tartessus, and the Pyrenæan Mountains. The soil, except in … Continue reading →

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Bronze Is Not the Most Durable of Monuments

Posted on March 7, 2016 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Near three months, without excepting the holy season of Lent, were consumed in skirmishes and preparations, before the Latins were ready or resolved for a general assault. The land fortifications had been found impregnable; and the … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: Refugees

Posted on November 20, 2015 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There will be more calls in the coming days to close the United States’ borders to refugees, and in France and the rest of Europe, those voices will likely be deafening. Already in the midst of … Continue reading →

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A Magnificence Suitable to a People Who Styled Themselves the Masters of the World

Posted on October 12, 2015 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The only merit of the administration of Carinus that history could record, or poetry celebrate, was the uncommon splendor with which, in his own and his brother’s name, he exhibited the Roman games of the theatre, … Continue reading →

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