 | 1823 - 592 páginas
...the 2~th of June. 1787," :.ws Gibbon, "between the hours of devra and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After 'aying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk *f acacias, which commands a... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 páginas
...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....moon was 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... | |
 | Richard Duppa - 1825 - 248 páginas
...his riches, since Gibbon's death, have been bestowed upon either. Nature has preserved the terrace, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains ; but the suinmer-house at the end of it, where he composed the last page of his history, is now a... | |
 | 1830 - 336 páginas
...rather night, of the 27th of June 1/87, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden....moon was 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... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 páginas
...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...moon was 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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 páginas
...the last • age, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns it a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands...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,... | |
 | 1829 - 496 páginas
...rather night of the 27th June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the burl liaea of the last page, in a Summer.house In my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a ben'eau, or covered walk of Acaciaa, which commands a prospect of the country,... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1827 - 440 páginas
...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....moon was 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,... | |
 | Richard Duppa - 1829 - 558 páginas
...of his riches, since Gibbon's death, has been bestowed upon either. Nature has preserved the terrace which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains ; but the summer-house at the end of it, where he composed the last page of his history is now a forlorn... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 594 páginas
...last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a beryeau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...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... | |
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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 berceau, or covered... 
