 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...  The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy - Page 18by Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 278 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But joy pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1851 - 784 pages
...page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns In a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. 1 will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1851 - 1016 pages
...page. In a summer-house In my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a btretau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, th<* stiver orb of the moon was reflected from the water*, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1851 - 1038 pages
...page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bfreeau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountain«. The air was températe, the sky was serene, the bilver orb of the moon was reflected from... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1852 - 498 pages
...pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of tbe country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was...the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon tumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1852 - 512 pages
...last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." Gibbon1 s Life. "Much had been done within the last 15 years by... | |
 | 1852 - 218 pages
...the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected upon the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 468 pages
...last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...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,... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 pages
...the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...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,... | |
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