Well, what with the Marat thing being thrown into the mix, I assumed the we were now using "19th-century" in a more broadly expansive sense.
Dates have no real bearing on my question: Was Gibbon stanky, or wasn't he?
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>>While we're on the subject of poor 19th-century hygiene, anybody know if
>>there's any truth to what I've heard about Gibbon
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>Good God, what is going on here? Edward Gibbon: 1737-1794.
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>Carl
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