 | Richard Duppa - 1829 - 560 Seiten
...not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled and a sober...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."*... | |
 | 1830 - 550 Seiten
...will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober...have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or at least of five, quartos. I. My first rough manuscript, without any intermediate copy, bus been sent... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 398 Seiten
...not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame; but my pride was soon humbled, and a sober...life 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...not dissemble the first, emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment translated 3 ]iut I dare assure them that a good poet...thau his carcass would be to his living body. There The historian adds two facts which have seldom occurred in the composition of six or even five quartos;... | |
 | 1833 - 666 Seiten
...and perhaps the establishment of my fame; but iny pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy ^as spread over 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, the life of the historian must be short... | |
 | 1834 - 602 Seiten
...and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame, but my pride was soon humbled, and a s-ober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken...be the future date of my history, the life of the author might be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 Seiten
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober...leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious."... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett, William Beattie - 1836 - 374 Seiten
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame ; but my pride was soon humbled, and a...; and that, whatsoever might be the future date of ray history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.'* : . • ' • V . . I ;. GIBBON.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 Seiten
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober...leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious."*... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 Seiten
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober...leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious."*... | |
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I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. 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... 
