 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. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters...  Notes and Queries - Page 3811892Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1811 - 618 pages
...several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias , which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." " Much has been done of late years by the Canton of Vaud to improve the institutions of this little... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 pages
...took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the noon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was alien I. I will not dissemble the first emotions... | |
 | 1813 - 716 pages
...took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...the silver orb of the moon Was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I wiH not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pages
...several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 pages
...took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...the silver orb of ' the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 pages
...took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pages
...took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of... | |
 | 1849 - 802 pages
...turns in a bereean, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene,...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my... | |
 | Henry Matthews - 1822 - 334 pages
...took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." Gibbon's library still remains, but it is buried and lost to the world. It is the property of Mr. Beckford,... | |
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