It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered... The Atlantic Monthly - Página 5771867Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Englishmen - 1837 - 530 páginas
...years he completed his task. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 páginas
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1 787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a ferffaii, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 páginas
...the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that 1 wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 1058 páginas
...recollection with the page. " It was," said he, " on the day or rather the night of the 27th of June, I787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
| 1838 - 596 páginas
...records the completion of his great task. "It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 17S7, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden [at Lausanne-] After laying down my pen I took several turns in a tierceaa, or covered walk of acacias,... | |
| John Murray - 1838 - 452 páginas
...the following remarkable passage : — " It was on the day or rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 446 páginas
...the following remarkable passage: — " It was on the day ot rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns... | |
| 1838 - 804 páginas
...records the completion of his great task. " It was on the dny, or rnther night, of the 27lh of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the lust Hi ся of the lust page, in the summer-house in my garden [at Lausanne.] Afier laying down my... | |
| Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1839 - 424 páginas
...sympathize, and which brings the author before us. " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berqeau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1839 - 394 páginas
...sympathize, and which brings the author before us. " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berfeau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
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