 | David W. Belisle - 1859 - 450 Seiten
...as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." The thoughtful traveler, who perambulates the subterranean streets of Pompeii, is filled... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 544 Seiten
...geniuses to display their powers. " It was at Bome," says Gibbon, " on the 15th of October, 176-1, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall... | |
 | 1860 - 656 Seiten
...Gibbon, that " it was when he was mus ing in the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that...the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." The motive arising from the hope of LI 00 is not likely to act in the minds of the highest... | |
 | 1860 - 580 Seiten
...that " it was when he was musing in the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singina vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall or the city first started to his mind." The motive arising from the hope of L.100 is not likely to... | |
 | 1860 - 600 Seiten
...Gibbon. He had been long conversant with his great theme before. " At Home, on the 15th. of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - 614 Seiten
...Gibbon. He had been long conversant with his great theme before. "At Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the... | |
 | William Chambers - 1862 - 150 Seiten
...as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind.' Our visit to Ara Cccli was to appearance unavailing. In the silent basilica, there were... | |
 | John William Burgon - 1862 - 456 Seiten
...bare-footed friars were singing vespers in 44 THE VIA CRUCIS IN THE COLISEUM. the temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." That was in 1 764, — a hundred years ago : but a hundred years are as nothing when you... | |
 | John William Burgon - 1862 - 478 Seiten
...the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." That was in 1764, — a hundred years ago: but a hundred years are as nothing when you stand... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 Seiten
...Concerning the origin of his celebrated work, he says : — "It was at Rome, on the 15th October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall... | |
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It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. 
