 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...the hours of eleven and twelve that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in ray are known to few ; it is impossible even for a good wit to understand and practise them acudas. which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,... | |
 | 1830 - 400 páginas
...between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-honse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bergeau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | 1830 - 222 páginas
...decline of years I shall more painfully feel, that I am alone in Paradise." the sky was serene, tho 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 perhap'a... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 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....prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy... | |
 | 1833 - 666 páginas
...rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wroic the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden....and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky wa? serene, the silver orb of the rnoon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I... | |
 | 1834 - 602 páginas
...rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the bt.-t lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of tea cías, which commande a prospect of the country,... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1835 - 362 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 summerhouse in my garden. After...the silver \ orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." What a picture ! Who does not enter into what must have been the... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 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 summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I * See vol. ii. p. 177. took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 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 summer-house at the end of it, where Gibbon composed the last page of his history, is now... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett, William Beattie - 1836 - 374 páginas
...summer house in his garden. " After laying down my pen," says he, " I took several turns in a berfeau, 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... 
