 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...  A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various ... - Page 138by John Ramsay McCulloch - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Hunting - 1828 - 562 pages
...mountains. The air was temperate, the sky iras serene, the silver orb of the moon vas reflec'cd on the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of j*»y on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of uiv fame. But my pride was... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1811 - 618 pages
...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 waves, and all nature was silent." " Much has been done of late years by the Canton of Vaud to improve... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...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 noon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was alien I. I will not dissemble the first emotions... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...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,...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I wiH not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1813 - 532 pages
...of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the fky was ferene, the filver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was filent. I will not diflemble the firft emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...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,...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 an everlasting... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 548 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 544 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | England - 1849 - 802 pages
...turns in a bereean, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene,...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 an everlasting... | |
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