 It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.  The Quarterly Review - 282. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1834Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 oldal
...the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted 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." But so gigantic a task was not to be executed, or even begun, without immense preparatory labour, and... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 oldal
...friars were singing vespers in the temple of 286 OUTLINES or GENERAL LITERATURE. [CHAP. xv. Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to ray mind." But so gigantic a task was not to be executed, or even begun, without immense preparatory... | |
 | 1849 - 822 oldal
...the 15th October 1764, as I eat musing amidst the ruins of the Capítol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing this Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1849 - 544 oldal
...and Italy; and it was while he sat musing among the ruins of the Capitol, and the borefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple 'of Jupiter, that the idea of writing a history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire first arose in his mind. Several other historical... | |
 | 1849 - 602 oldal
...the 15th October, 1764, as I sat miihingamids the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter that the idea of writing this Decline and Fall ol the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed... | |
 | 1849 - 844 oldal
...the 1 >(h October 1764, as I eat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing this Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 oldal
...15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that...of writing the Decline and Fall of the City first entered my mind." Happy infirmity of purpose, which had such a noble termination in the immortal labours... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - 1850 - 750 oldal
...as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind." In front of the church, facing the Campidoglio, are the 124 steps of Grecian marble said... | |
 | James Roche - 1850 - 572 oldal
...after his arrival there, on the 15th of October, 1764, as he sat musing on the ruins of the capital, the idea of writing the " Decline and Fall of the city," first started to his mind. His original plan, he adds, was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than of the... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1851 - 518 oldal
...15th of October, 1764, as I sal musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-fooled fruira were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the Cjty first started to my mind. Father Malebranche having completed his studies in philosophy and theology... | |
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