 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. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the...  Parliamentary Papers - Page 282by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1858Full view - About this book
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...writing the last sentence of the ' Decline and Fall ' on his terrace at Lausanne, ' a sober melancholy spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an...leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatever might be the fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.'... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 1008 pages
...from the waters, .ind all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment...everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion ; and tli.it whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1859 - 414 pages
...recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and л sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea...companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." The French revolution... | |
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...garden. After " laying down my pen, I took several turns in a covered walk which com" mands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air...old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever migtit be the future • date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious."... | |
 | 1860 - 784 pages
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the a sufficient quantity of air, without being at the...garden as full of flowers as I have known how to m whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and pre carious."t... | |
 | Joseph Charles Parkinson - 1860 - 154 pages
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on recover}' of my freedom, " and perhaps the establishment of iny fame. But my pride was soon " humbled, and a sober...taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable com" panion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the " life of the historian... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
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 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
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...fleeted 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 the establishment...companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." * Madlle. Curchod became... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Chronology, Historical - 1862 - 880 pages
...the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovering my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my...companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the EDWARD GIBBON. BIB JOHN HOOBE. jife of the historian must be short and precarious.'... | |
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