| William Cowper - 1835 - 360 páginas
...of the lasUpage, 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...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.... | |
| 1836 - 444 páginas
...wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I look several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias,...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.... | |
| 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...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate — the sky was serene — the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.... | |
| 1836 - 436 páginas
...page, in a smnmcr-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bercetui, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 páginas
...shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve,...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the . silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.... | |
| Englishmen - 1837 - 530 páginas
...In four years he completed his task. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve,...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 páginas
...the day, or rather 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...and the mountains. The • air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 1058 páginas
...night of the 27th of June, I787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page in a summerhouse in my garden. After...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent."... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 páginas
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1 787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a ferffaii, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country,... | |
| John Murray - 1838 - 452 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 summer-house in my garden. After...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent."... | |
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