 I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave...  Cowley (1618) to Burns (1759) - Página 715por Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - 1907Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1849 - 822 páginas
...the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian muet be short and precarious."— (Life , p. 255, 8vo edition.) Hume's account of his own life is a... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 páginas
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable 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... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 páginas
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. GIBBON'S FIRST LOVE. I... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1851 - 1016 páginas
...soon humble*!, and a sober melancholy was spread over my in I net, by the Idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When Inglls vUlted tausanne... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 páginas
...the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious."f These christened feelings are implanted by a Divine Power, to check... | |
 | David Bogue - 1852 - 416 páginas
...the idea, that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." The house in which the two friends resided still bears the name of the Grotto, but the garden has been... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 páginas
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the author might be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 páginas
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, 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... | |
 | 1854 - 616 páginas
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short und precarious." Ile, a man, wrote for... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 páginas
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, 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... | |
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