 | 1855 - 424 Seiten
...moment of conception ; I shall now comaemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, jr rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of leven and twelve, that I wrote the last Une of the last page, in i summer-house in my garden. After... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 Seiten
...great labour of Gibbon's life — the ' History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : ' — " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 Seiten
...the close of his literary labors with mingled feelings of regret and delight. 6 It was/ he says, ' on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June,...and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page9 in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau,... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 470 Seiten
...to describe the conclusion of his arduous labours. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours...that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several walks in a berceau, or covered walk... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1856 - 458 Seiten
...a very natural account of his feelings at the conclusion of his long labour there : " It was on the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last Hues of the last page in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 Seiten
...of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the ' decline and fall' of the city first started to my mind. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven or twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house, in my garden. After laying... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 812 Seiten
...discovered and enlivened his Swiss retreat. He wrote steadily and rapidly till he completed his work. " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of 11 and 12, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer house in my garden. . . . The air... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 Seiten
...life, and complete his great work. The following are his remarks on THE COMPLETION OF HIS HISTORY. I have presumed to mark the moment of conception :...now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It wras on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve,... | |
 | 1860 - 600 Seiten
...have a companion to that passage in which Gibbon describes a yet happier moment of his life, when, " on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden." The "establishment of fame... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 Seiten
...on TIIK COMPLETION OK HIS HISTORY. I have presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall nnvv commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of Jun^, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in... | |
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I wrote the last lines of the 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 of the country, the lake, and the mountains. 
