 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 waters, and all nature was...  Odd Fellows' Literary Casket - Page 1441854Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1866 - 484 pages
...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." From Lausanne Gibbon again returned to England for a short time, but he came back again to Switzerland,... | |
 | Charles Knight - Autobiography - 1868 - 506 pages
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on 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 at least of five, quartos.... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1869 - 572 pages
...last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...life of the historian must be short and precarious." Gibbon was born in the year 1737, at Putney in Surrey The delicate boy received much of his early education... | |
 | English authors - English literature - 1869 - 458 pages
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on 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 at least of five, quartos,... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, aud a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the...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.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Historians - 1869 - 462 pages
...the barbarian conquerors as a more worthy subject of his narrative. " Fas est et ab hoste doceri." melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that...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.... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 432 pages
...Lausanne. After laying down his pen, he took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commanded a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains....life of the historian must be short and precarious." It is the common lot. It is but another reading of the complaint in Prior's pastorals— "Yet thus... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Bible - 1870 - 550 pages
...Lausanne. After laying down his pen, he took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commanded a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains....life of the historian must be short and precarious." It is the common lot. It is but another reading of the complaint in Prior's pastorals— "Yet thus... | |
 | Appleton D. and co - 1870 - 900 pages
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." The boulevard of Montbenon, to the west of Lausanne, and just outside the town, is a pleasant promenade,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1871 - 564 pages
...temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature wag silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of...life of the historian must be short and precarious." Gibbon was born in tKe year 1737, at Putney in Surrey The delicate boy received much of his early education... | |
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