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... A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various ... - 138. oldalszerző: John Ramsay McCulloch - 1842Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| 1817 - 494 oldal
...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,...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 Evans - 1817 - 610 oldal
...prospect of the country, the fake, and the mountain*. '22 GIBSON'S WORKS. The air was temperate, the sky serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from...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,,... | |
| Henry Matthews - 1822 - 334 oldal
...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 waves, and all nature was silent." Gibbon's library still remains, but it is buried and lost to the... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 oldal
...walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, vOL. vIII. N'O. XXXII. I the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene,...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 bumbled,... | |
| 1823 - 592 oldal
...To». VI. No. 32.— 18-2Я in mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orlr of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of nry freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
| 1823 - 592 oldal
...UKToT.. VI. No. 32.— IPi-?. Hi mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orU of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all...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 wa« soon humbled,... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 408 oldal
...several turns in a 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 upon the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 oldal
...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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 oldal
...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,...perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread ovei my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting... | |
| James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 oldal
...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,...perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that 1 had taken an everlasting... | |
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