 | David Bogue - 1852 - 416 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...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."... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1852 - 498 Seiten
...the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon tumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 Seiten
...acacias, which commands the lake and the mountains; and I will not dissemble my joy. But, when I reflected that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion," ,\v. There must always be something melancholy in the moment of separation, as all have more or less... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 Seiten
...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober 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... | |
 | 1854 - 428 Seiten
...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. 1. My first rough manuscript, without any intermediate copy, has been sent... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 Seiten
...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. 1. My first rough manuscript, without anv intermediate copy, has been sent... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 Seiten
...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. 1. My first rough manuscript, without any intermediate copy, has been sent... | |
 | 1854 - 794 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...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... | |
 | 1854 - 616 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...my history, the life of the historian must be short und precarious." Ile, a man, wrote for fame, for the sake of the fame itself. /, a woman, wrote, too,... | |
 | J. R. MacCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1854 - 1048 Seiten
...idea that 1 had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that what* soever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When Inglis visited Lausanne a few years ago, the library of the historian is said to have bet-n complete,... | |
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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... 
