 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...  Home Authors and Home Artists: Or, American Scenery, Art, and Literature - Page 311852 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Wilson - 1827 - 440 pages
...separated from the recollection of it. "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 line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
 | Richard Duppa - 1829 - 558 pages
...Memoirs has thus commemorated the event. " It was on the day or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787 between the hours of eleven and twelve that I wrote...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.... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the lost 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 walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...completion of the history he thus describes: 'It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, song ! To Him, ye vocal gales, ray garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acudas.... | |
 | 1830 - 400 pages
...labours may still be seen. " It was on the day," says he, " or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1 787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-honse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bergeau, or covered... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...which he began the 18th of May, 1786. " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...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.... | |
 | 1833 - 666 pages
..." or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wroic the last lines of the last page in a summer-house...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.... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pages
...rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the bt.-t lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of tea cías, which commande a prospect of the country,... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...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 Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1835 - 362 pages
...recollection with the page. " It was," said he, " on the day or rather the 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 summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
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