 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
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...he completed his task. " It was," he says, " 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, whidh commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 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 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... | |
 | 1836 - 436 pages
...separated from the recollection of it. " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th oi June. 1787, 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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 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...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.... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...he completed his task. " It was," he says, " 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.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1 787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a ferffaii, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that 1 wrote 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.... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 1058 pages
...recollection with the page. " It was," said he, " on the day or rather the 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 laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
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