 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 the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But...  The idler in Italy - Page 66by Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...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...future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 382 pages
...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...future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 386 pages
...mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and thai whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition of... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 344 pages
...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 dissemble the...companion ; and that, whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious !" How high a fame have... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1842 - 968 pages
...melancholy was spread over my mind, by the Idea that 1 had taken an everlasting leave of an old anil agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be...future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When Inglls visited Lausanne a few years ago, the library of the historian... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 612 pages
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment ot my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober...companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." Yes ! — there we were... | |
 | 1843 - 602 pages
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment ot my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober...companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." Yes! — there we were... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bergeau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...companion; and that, whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious." There is something in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, d by intense pensiveness — two eyes, Two starry...with their serene and azure smiles To beckon him. must be short and precarious.'* The historian adds two facts which have seldom occurred in the composition... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 pages
...was temperate, the sky was serene, the sliver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and ail nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first...might be the future date of my History, the life of LETTEI.. 242. TO MR. MURRAY. " Ouchy, near Lausanne, Jane 27. L81& " I am thus far (kept by stress... | |
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