 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
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 430 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 of the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled and... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 430 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 of the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled and... | |
 | David Patrick, William Geddie - 1924 - 862 pages
...country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of thu moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotion:) of joy on recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride... | |
 | Henry Robinson Shipherd - 1926 - 376 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...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... | |
 | James Fullarton Muirhead - 1926 - 304 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 ". Mr. Thomas Hardy added another literary association by writing... | |
 | Nimrod - 1926 - 374 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 on the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery... | |
 | Francis Meehan - 1928 - 764 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...silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy or recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | 1910 - 1176 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...silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy in the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. The age in which Gibbon... | |
 | 1897 - 1044 pages
...passionless nature Mr. Gibbon may have had, but it must have been also a singularly amiable one. ' I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on...freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.' Throughout his life Gibbon thoroughly understood his own position. As a man of letters he had no vulgar... | |
 | W. B. Carnochan - 1987 - 260 pages
...which commands a prospect of the country the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky 19 was serene; the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all Nature was silent. (M, 180) This set piece partakes of two complementary traditions, reflecting the separate feelings... | |
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