 | 1908 - Страниц: 434
...labour, had finished his "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," he writes in his Autobiography : " I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom and perhaps of the establishment of my fame, but my pride was soon tumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over... | |
 | 1910 - Страниц: 1176
...several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy in the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. The age in which Gibbon... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - 1991 - Страниц: 420
...multivolume work of history, the bittersweet feeling that comes with the completion of the final volume: "I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom," Gibbon acknowledged; "but my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind,... | |
 | W. B. Carnochan - 1987 - Страниц: 260
...which commands a prospect of the country the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky 19 was serene; the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all Nature was silent. (M, 180) This set piece partakes of two complementary traditions, reflecting the separate feelings... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1998 - Страниц: 1094
...turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and .ill nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions ofjoy on the recovery of my freedom,... | |
 | Eugene L. Stelzig - 2000 - Страниц: 302
...several turns in a berceau or covered walk of Acacias which commands a prospect of the country the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...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,... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - 2000 - Страниц: 470
...last page in a summer-house in my garden. ... I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom and perhaps the establishment...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancoly was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | David Womersley - 2002 - Страниц: 472
...turns in a batrau, or covered walk of Acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...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,... | |
 | H.v. Morton - 2009 - Страниц: 434
...turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. 1 will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1879 - Страниц: 451
...turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not describe the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of... | |
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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. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the... 
