 I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my 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...  The National magazine and general review - Seite 409herausgegeben von Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Eugene L. Stelzig - 2000 - 302 Seiten
...reflected from the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom and perhaps the establishment...melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreable [sic] companion, and that, whatsoever might... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - 2000 - 470 Seiten
...last page in a summer-house in my garden. ... I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom and perhaps the establishment...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancoly was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | H.v. Morton - 2009 - 256 Seiten
...was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. 1 will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery...melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken leave of an old and agreeable companion. . . .* Gibbon, like Byron, made no more than a... | |
 | David Womersley - 2002 - 472 Seiten
...reflected from the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment...melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the... | |
 | Jonathan Keates - 2003 - 390 Seiten
...farewell to his readers, and to his great project: 'l will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment...melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that l had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the... | |
 | Jeremy D. Popkin - 2005 - 350 Seiten
...feelings that this achievement inspired: "I will not dissemble the first emotions of my joy on the recovery of my freedom and perhaps the establishment...melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion" (180). Like many historical projects,... | |
 | Willa Cather - 2006 - 904 Seiten
...and Fall of the Roman Empire. In his Memoirs Gibbon wrote that as he approached the end of his study "a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the... | |
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