 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 berccau, or covered...  A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Page 220by George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853Full view - About this book
 | 1928 - 472 pages
...of finishing his work of many years: It was on the day, or rather the night, of the twenty-seventh of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve,...down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or a covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The... | |
 | Clara Elizabeth Laughlin - 1928 - 492 pages
...hours of eleven and twelve, after having written ' 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 covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The... | |
 | Clara Elizabeth Laughlin - 1928 - 492 pages
...until October, 1772, it was a long, long 'pull' that was over when he laid down his pen here on the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, after having written ' the last lines of the last page in a summer house in my garden. After laying... | |
 | Bernard Groom - 1929 - 412 pages
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 | Amy Cruse - 1931 - 684 pages
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 | 1867 - 1052 pages
...of his sensations on accomplishing his great work. "It was on the day, or rather night, of June 27, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that...summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a covered walk of acacias. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on... | |
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