 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
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...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...future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.' From Lausanne he returned to London to superintend the publication of... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...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...future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. GIBBON'S FIRST LOVE. I HESITATE, from the apprehension of ridicule, when... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But joy pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was...companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my*history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.' From Lausanne he returned to London... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1851 - 1016 pages
...of my fame. But my pride was • soon humble*!, and a sober melancholy was spread over my in I net, by the Idea that I had taken an everlasting leave...future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When Inglls vUlted tausanne a few years ago, the library of the historian... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1851 - 784 pages
...fame. But my pride was soon bumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that 1 had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable...might be the future date of my History, the life of o= LETTK242. TO MR. MURRAY. " Ouchy, near Lausanne, Jane 27. 1816. " I am thus far (kept by stress... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1852 - 498 pages
...the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon tumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by...companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." From Lausanne Gibbon again... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 pages
...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken...be the future date of my history, the life of the author might be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition... | |
 | 1854 - 616 pages
...The air was temperate, the eky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the...future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short und precarious." Ile, a man, wrote for fame, for the sake of the fame itself. /, a woman,... | |
 | 1854 - 794 pages
...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...future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." The sentiment of regret thus breathed by Gibbon has been no less beautifully... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 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... | |
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