 | Edward John Hardy - 1897 - 376 Seiten
...left Lausanne, and his wound was healed by absence, time, and the habits of a new life, the cure being accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself. She married Necker, a famous banker of Paris, and when Gibbon's love had subsided to friendship and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 370 Seiten
...return by the prejudice or prudence of an English parent. I sighed as a lover; I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life ; and my cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life." And the young lady ? She became the wife of Necker, the famous financier and minister of France, and... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - 1899 - 446 Seiten
...own words, " After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. My wound was insensibly healed by time, absence and the habits of a new life." The lady became the wife of Jacques Necker, a Genevese banker, afterwards famous as the minister of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son l ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself,2 and my love subsided in friendship and esteem. The minister of Grassy soon afterwards died... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 Seiten
...connection. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. My wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. The lady lived to become the wife of Necker, the famous finance minister of France, and in years to... | |
 | Francis Henry Gribble - 1901 - 440 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem." Such is Gibbon's story, which is also the accepted story. It is, perhaps, a palliation of its inaccuracies... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1902 - 254 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle, I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son, my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquility and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.''... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1902 - 238 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle, I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son, my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquility and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.''... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1902 - 360 Seiten
...all else about him, has become classical. ' I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as 'a son.' He proceeds: 'My wound was insensibly ' healed by time, absence and the habits of a new life.' It is shocking. Never, surely, was love so flouted before. Gibbon is charitably supposed by some persons... | |
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After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate: I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of... 
