From Extemporary Essays, by Maurice HewlettFITZGERALD QUOTED ON GIBBON'S COLLECTIONS
"Twenty-two acknowledged Concubines, and a library of 62,000 volumes attested the variety of his inclinations: and from the productions which he left behind him it appears that the former as well as the latter were designed for use rather than ostentation."
From The Limits of the Readable
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