 | William Spalding - 1854 - 446 pages
...those quarters where he was inclined to lead us astray. His work was first conceived in Rome, " as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter : " and its prevalent tone might, with no very wide stretch of fancy, be supposed to retain symptoms... | |
 | Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1854 - 540 pages
...among those of Rome, pondering upon the great work upon which his future fame was to rest. It was amid the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars...singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the historian mused over the plan of his " Decline and Fall ; " and it was amid the destruction of the... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1854 - 610 pages
...much to do in directing it to suitable employments. Had not Gibbon sat " musing amidst the •uins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of the "decline and fall of the eity" might not have " started in his mind." Many an author... | |
 | 1856 - 594 pages
...says Gibbon in the most interesting passage of his Memoirs, 'on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sate musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were sinking vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pages
...months at Lausanne, he proceeded to Home, where, as ' he sat musing amongst the ruins of the capital, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind.' He returned from Italy... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1857 - 524 pages
...frequently occasioned the most errment geniuses to display their powers. It was at Rome, ga ye Gibbon, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the rums of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fnarn were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that... | |
 | 1858 - 600 pages
...feelings on completing what first had occurred to his mind as a thought, at Rome, one evening as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter. " I have presumed to mark the moment of conception ; I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...choice was determined by an incident of a striking and romantic nature. ' As I sat musing,' he says, ' amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed...friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." Many years, however,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 526 pages
...occasioned the most eminent geniuses to display their powers. It was at Rome, say* Gibbon, on the liitd of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fnara were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall... | |
 | David W. Belisle - 1859 - 450 pages
...of St. Maria d'Ara Ccdi, on the Capitoline Hill, at Borne, on the fifteenth of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." The thoughtful traveler,... | |
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It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. 
