 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 - 1846 - 406 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. Jt 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 silyer orb of the moon... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. Jt 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... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - English literature - 1846 - 318 pages
...his arduous labours. "It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...my garden. After laying down my pen I took several walks in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake,... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Biography - 1846 - 566 pages
...his arduous labours. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the 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 walks in a berceau, or covered walk... | |
 | James William Massie - Belgium - 1846 - 572 pages
...own words, describing the event. " It was on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns... | |
 | Mrs Robert Moore - 1846 - 336 pages
...the scenes which inspired them. " It was on the day, or rather, the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns... | |
 | Alicia Moore, Wandering Artist - Middle Ages - 1846 - 680 pages
...the scenes which inspired them. " It was on the day, or rather, the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...and Fall of the Roman Empire : ' — " 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 [Lausanne], and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of... | |
 | Baptist Wriothesley Noel - Switzerland - 1848 - 394 pages
...the completion of his great work. " 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... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - Anecdotes - 1848 - 292 pages
...great labour is very impressive. " It was on the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
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