 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 an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 2871849Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 Seiten
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." Gibbon's early education was defective, although his amount of general reading before he went to Oxford... | |
 | Baptist Wriothesley Noel - 1848 - 394 Seiten
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." It was a natural sadness. Men of the world often outlive the sources of their enjoyment ; and at best... | |
 | 1849 - 602 Seiten
...acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected...brief that it scarcely can be called a biography. It is not fifty pages long. The wary Scotch author was well aware how vanity in such compositions defeats... | |
 | 1849 - 822 Seiten
...acaciae, which commands a proepect of the country, the lake, and mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected...future fate of my History, the life of the historian muet be short and precarious."— (Life , p. 255, 8vo edition.) Hume's account of his own life is a... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 Seiten
...idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable 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 returned to England for a short time, but he came back again to Switzerland,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 Seiten
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment...future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious."f These christened feelings are implanted by a Divine Power, to check... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. GIBBON'S FIRST LOVE. I HESITATE, from the apprehension of ridicule, when I approach the delicate subject... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 Seiten
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.' From Lausanne he returned to London to superintend the publication of his three last volumes, the appearance... | |
 | David Bogue - 1852 - 416 Seiten
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment...life of the historian must be short and precarious." The house in which the two friends resided still bears the name of the Grotto, but the garden has been... | |
 | 1854 - 428 Seiten
...everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add two facts which have seldom occurred in the composition of six, or at least of five quartos.... | |
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