 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.  A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Page 219by George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1842 - 660 pages
...things ! — scarce even amid the ruins of the Capitol itself, on the summit of Ara Coeli, where, " while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter," Gibbon first conceived the mighty project of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ! Indeed, we... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 612 pages
...can forget that, whilst — " It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing that work first started to his mind ;" it was in the garden at Lausanne just... | |
 | 1843 - 602 pages
...can forget that, whilst — _" It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing that work first started to his mind ;" it was in the garden at Lausanne just... | |
 | 1844 - 636 pages
...forms us, on the 15th of October, in that year, as he sat musing among the ruins of the capital, " while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter," that his idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire entered his mind. He had previously... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 pages
...was in this church, as he himself tells us, " on the 15th of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers, that the idta of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind/' In front of the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...was determined by an incident of a striking and romantic nature. 'As I sat musing,' he says, ' amidst creaming Horror's funeral cry, De=pa!r, and fell Disease, and ghastly my mind.' Many years, however, elapsed before he realised his intentions. On returning to England in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...was determined by an incident of ÿ striking and romantic nature. 'As I sat musing,' he says, 'amidst les through my mind.' Many years, however, elapsed before he realised his intentions. On returning to England in... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1844 - 830 pages
...Fall of Rome :" for he writes — "It was at Rome on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amid the ruins of the capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, now the Church of the Franciscans, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first... | |
 | 1849 - 600 pages
...a cool and minute investigation. It was at Rome, on the 15th October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing this Decline and Fall ol the city first started to my mind. But my original... | |
 | 1844 - 848 pages
...bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, now the Church of the Franciscang, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started in my mind. But uiy original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than the empire,... | |
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