 | James Pycroft - 1854 - 360 Seiten
...developes genius; but accident has much to do in directing it to suitable employments. Had not Gibbon sat " musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of the "decline and fall of the city" might not have " started in his mind." Many an author... | |
 | Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1854 - 540 Seiten
...among those of Rome, pondering upon the great work upon which his future fame was to rest. It was amid the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars...singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the historian mused over the plan of his " Decline and Fall ; " and it was amid the destruction of the... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1854 - 610 Seiten
...much to do in directing it to suitable employments. Had not Gibbon sat " musing amidst the •uins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of the "decline and fall of the eity" might not have " started in his mind." Many an author... | |
 | 1856 - 594 Seiten
...says Gibbon in the most interesting passage of his Memoirs, 'on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sate musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were sinking vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 Seiten
...months at Lausanne, he proceeded to Home, where, as ' he sat musing amongst the ruins of the capital, 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.' He returned from Italy... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1857 - 524 Seiten
...frequently occasioned the most errment geniuses to display their powers. It was at Rome, ga ye Gibbon, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the rums of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fnarn were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that... | |
 | 1858 - 600 Seiten
...feelings on completing what first had occurred to his mind as a thought, at Rome, one evening as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter. " I have presumed to mark the moment of conception ; I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 Seiten
...choice was determined by an incident of a striking and romantic nature. ' As I sat musing,' he says, ' amidst 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 my mind." Many years, however,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 526 Seiten
...occasioned the most eminent geniuses to display their powers. It was at Rome, say* Gibbon, on the liitd of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fnara were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall... | |
 | David W. Belisle - 1859 - 450 Seiten
...of St. Maria d'Ara Ccdi, on the Capitoline Hill, at Borne, on the fifteenth of October, 1764, 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,... | |
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October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,7 that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. 
