 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
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 oldal
...bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter (then a church of the Franciscans), that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." By-and-bye the decline and fall of the city expanded into the Decline and Fall of the Empire ; and,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 540 oldal
...ana Italy; and it was while he sat musing among the ruins of the Capitol, and the "surefooted 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... | |
 | 1855 - 424 oldal
...15th of October, 1761, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, vrhile the bare-footed friars were singing Vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fell of the city first started to my muid. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the... | |
 | 1856 - 590 oldal
...15th of October, 1764, as I sate musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that...Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind.' The church of the Ara Celi, which now crowns the north-east height of the hill, was in Gibbon's eyes,... | |
 | 1856 - 594 oldal
...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...Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind.' The church of the Ara Celi, which now crowns the north-east height of the hill, was in Gibbon's eyes,... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 oldal
...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 in 1765, and again entered the militia as lieutenantcolonel commandant... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 oldal
...the capital, while die bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the ide» of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind.' He returned from Italy in 1765, and again entered the militia as lieutenantcolonel commandant... | |
 | 1857 - 426 oldal
...loth 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...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." M. Suard fancifully attributes to the combination of circumstances under which the conception of the... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1857 - 576 oldal
...starting-point. It was as Gibbon " sat musing amidst the ruins of the capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter," that...the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind.* It is impossible to read a chapter of his history of Constantino without feeling that he... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1857 - 524 oldal
...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 the idea of writing the decline and fail of thn City first started to my mind. Father Malebranche having completed his studies in philosophy... | |
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