THE

HISTORY

OF

THE DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE.

BY EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

VOL. VIII.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM Y. BIRCH & ABRAHAM SMALL,

No. 37, 60UTK SECOND STREET,

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PRINTED BY ROBERT CARR.

1805.

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