 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 474 páginas
...page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bcrceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a soher melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 páginas
...berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, VOL. V11I. NO. XXXII. I the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 páginas
...berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, vOL. vIII. N'O. XXXII. I the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon bumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting... | |
 | 1823 - 592 páginas
...UKToT.. VI. No. 32.— IPi-?. Hi mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orU of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all...perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride wa« soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 408 páginas
...mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected upon the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea, that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and... | |
 | 1823 - 592 páginas
...waters, and all nature was- silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of nry freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 páginas
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread ovei my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 páginas
...the last • age, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns it a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that 1 had taken an everlasting leave of an old and... | |
 | 1830 - 336 páginas
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread ovei my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 páginas
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that 1 had taken an everlasting leave of an old and... | |
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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... 
