 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,...  The General Biographical Dictionary - 463 페이지 편집 - 1814전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | Henry Matthews - 1822 - 334 페이지
...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...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." Gibbon's library still remains, but it is buried and lost to the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 페이지
...rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787," says Gibbon, " between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house...acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, VOL. V11I. NO. XXXII. I the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 408 페이지
...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...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The... | |
 | 1823 - 592 페이지
...rather night, of the 27th of June, 17S7," says Gibbon, " between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bcrceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake. a7id UKToT..... | |
 | 1823 - 592 페이지
...rather night, of 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... | |
 | Richard Duppa - 1825 - 248 페이지
...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... | |
 | 1829 - 496 페이지
...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,... | |
 | Richard Duppa - 1829 - 558 페이지
...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... | |
 | 1830 - 550 페이지
...rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the lost lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden....moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature woe silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the... | |
 | 1830 - 400 페이지
...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.... | |
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