 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...  Eminent English writers - Page 129by William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 802 pages
...covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 474 pages
...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...establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a soher melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old... | |
 | Henry Matthews - 1822 - 334 pages
...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 pages
...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, the silver orb...the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon bumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting... | |
 | 1823 - 592 pages
...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...perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride wa« soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an... | |
 | 1823 - 592 pages
...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...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, and a sober... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 408 pages
...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...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...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 pages
...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...melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that 1 had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the... | |
 | 1830 - 336 pages
...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...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and... | |
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