 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...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....several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, whidh commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...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 summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I * See vol. ii. p. 177. took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands... | |
 | Christian biography - 1836 - 444 pages
...night, of the 27th ot 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 look several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1836 - 436 pages
...between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a smnmcr-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bercetui, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the lasUpage, in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I * See vol. ii. p. 177. took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...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....moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not • See preface to the Life of Mahomet, p. 10, 11. dissemble the first emotions... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...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....moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy, on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps,... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 1058 pages
...night of the 27th of June, I787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page in a summerhouse in my garden. After...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." What a picture I Who does not enter into what must have been the... | |
 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 pages
...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...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." " Much has been done oflate y ears l>y the Canton of Vaud to improve... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Alps, French (France) - 1838 - 446 pages
...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...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." " Much has been done of late y ears by the Canton of Vaud to improve... | |
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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... 
