 It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered...  New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 113edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk oí acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...precious fuel. *16. 1794. — GIBBON DIED. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...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... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of accacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the fake, and the mountain*. '22 GIBSON'S WORKS.... | |
 | England - 1849 - 802 pages
...my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th Jnne 1787, between the hoars of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bereean, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and mountains.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 474 pages
...the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, hetween the hours of eleven and twelve, that 1 wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bcrceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | Henry Matthews - 1822 - 334 pages
...conclusion of his historical labours : — " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...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... | |
 | 1823 - 592 pages
...Gibbon" — an old shattered tool-house. "It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 17S7," says Gibbon, " between the hours of eleven and twelve,...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bcrceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake. a7id UKToT..... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The... | |
 | 1823 - 592 pages
...was on the day, or rather night, of the 2~th of June. 1787," :.ws Gibbon, "between the hours of devra and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After 'aying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk *f acacias, which commands a... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...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... | |
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