 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 leave...  The Metropolitan - Page 1121838Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pages
...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 leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pages
...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 leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date... | |
 | 1846 - 506 pages
...last lines of the last page " of his immortal ' Decline and Fall of the Eoman Empire :' — " A sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion." It is so, perhaps, with every mau who does... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1846 - 318 pages
...of rny 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 leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatever might be the future date... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 pages
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history/ the life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will add... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...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 leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date... | |
 | Baptist Wriothesley Noel - 1848 - 394 pages
...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 leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date... | |
 | 1849 - 844 pages
...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 leave of an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatever might be the future fate... | |
 | 1849 - 822 pages
...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 leave of an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatever might be the future fate... | |
 | 1849 - 602 pages
...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 leave of an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatever might be the future fate... | |
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