 | Richard Duppa - Architecture - 1829 - 560 pages
...taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious."* LUCERNE. Just out of the town of Lucerne is a monument to honour the memory of the Swiss who fell on... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature woe silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of...life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add two facts which have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or at least of five, quartos.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first, emotions of joy on the ake those to be the same poets whom our Oglebies have...thau his carcass would be to his living body. There historian adds two facts which have seldom occurred in the composition of six or even five quartos;... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - Italy - 1830 - 594 pages
...reflected 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...of the historian must be short and precarious." The sentiment of regret thus breathed by Gibbon has been no less beautifully expressed in the verse of... | |
 | 1830 - 222 pages
...silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhap'a the establishment of my fame; but my pride was soon...of the historian must be short and precarious." The sentiment of regret thus breathed by Gibbon his been no less beautifully expressed in the verse of... | |
 | American literature - 1833 - 666 pages
...my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, andthat whatsoever might be the future date of my history,...life of the historian must be short and precarious." Lausanne and Forney, as the abodes of Voltaire and of Gibbon, have been finely apostrophised by Lord... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...will not • See preface to the Life of Mahomet, p. 10, 11. dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment...life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or even of five, quartos.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1837 - 882 pages
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recover}' of my freedomT and, perhaps, the establislmient of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober...life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or even of five, quartos.... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 596 pages
...taken everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might he the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." The sensations of Gibbon at this memorable moment reminds us of the feelings described by Bruce the traveller,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Historians - 1839 - 496 pages
...my garden. 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,...life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or at least of five, quartos.... | |
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But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian... 
