 | 1843 - 434 pages
...undertaking. His own words will doubtless recur to remembrance : " It was on the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, . !i:. t I wrote the last line of the last page in a sumner-house in my garden. After laying down my... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1845 - 366 pages
...a very natural account of his feelings at the conclusion of his long labour there : " It was on the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that 1 wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1846 - 318 pages
...allowed to describe the conclusion of his arduous labours. "It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours...my garden. After laying down my pen I took several walks in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake,... | |
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1846 - 580 pages
...to describe the conclusion of his arduous labours. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours...that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several walks in a berceau, or covered walk... | |
 | Alicia Moore, Wandering Artist - 1846 - 680 pages
...legacy of admiration, bequeathed to the scenes which inspired them. " It was on the day, or rather, the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns... | |
 | James William Massie - 1846 - 572 pages
...of his great work. 1 quote his own words, describing the event. " It was on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns... | |
 | Mrs Robert Moore - 1846 - 336 pages
...legacy of admiration, bequeathed to the scenes which inspired them. " It was on the day, or rather, the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1847 - 580 pages
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 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...great labour of Gibbon's life — the ' History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : ' — " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...which commands a prospect of the country, the lake [Lausanne], and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon... | |
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It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered... 
