 | Joseph Charles Parkinson - 1860 - 154 pages
...over my mind, by the idea " that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable com" panion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my...life of the historian must be short and precarious." ORTHOGRAPHICAL EXERCISES. Set only to Candidates for Clerkships and similar positions. The Candidate... | |
 | Civil service - 366 pages
...that I had taken an everlasting leave of 'an 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." It shall suffice in this place to say that a weak judgment, and some vanity and much pride, will hurry... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 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...life of the historian must be short and precarious." Evening in the Capitol. The Acacia Walk. Early life and education. Changes of creed. His first work.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...sarcastic slyness upon Christianity, and cannot sec, without yi'y your detcriumed hotUlity to the Gospel." 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.... | |
 | John Strang - 1863 - 352 pages
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable 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 the wife of Mons. Necker, the minister and legislator of the French Monarchy.... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting li-ave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever...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.... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1866 - 248 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." From Lausanne to NeufchAtel there is little to detain the tourist. The railway • winds round the... | |
 | Samuel Manning - Switzerland - 1866 - 228 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." From Lausanne to Neufchatel there is little to detain the tourist. The railway winds round the lower... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Geography - 1866 - 634 pages
...establishment of mv fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, bv the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of...life of the historian must be short and precarious.' Voltaire, previously to his settling at Feniey. lived at Monrepos, a little distance from Lausanne,... | |
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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... 
