 | 1849 - 600 pagine
...shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve,...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a beneau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and mountains.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pagine
...situation. The history was completed at the time and in the circumstances which he has thus stated: — ' ver a jag, A river steep and wide. The loud wind never reached the ship, iii a summer-house iu my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1844 - 364 pagine
...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...the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in ray garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias,... | |
 | 1843 - 434 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 pagine
...narrative. " Fas est et abhoste doceri." I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather, night of the 27th of...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the Lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pagine
...narrative. " Fas est et ab hosts doceri." I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. Jt was on the day, or rather, night of the 27th of June,...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the Lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pagine
...narrative. " Fas est et ebhoete doceri." I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. Jt was on the day, or rather, night of the 27th of June,...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the Lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1846 - 318 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
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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... 
