 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. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the...  Atkinson's Casket - Page 261833Full view - About this book
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken... | |
 | 1836 - 444 pages
...the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame." This last point was. in his view, the great object of life. Hope, beyond death, he had none. He reluctantly... | |
 | 1848 - 668 pages
...us. " I will not dissemble," he says, " the first emotions of joy which took possession of my mind on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pages
...temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature wag silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. Ilui my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that 1... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected upon the waters, and all Nature was filent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on...of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my same. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea, that... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...lake, and the mountains. The • air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not • See preface to the Life of Mahomet, p. 10, 11. I 1 have followed the judiciou- precept of the Abb£... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the . silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not • See preface to the Life of Mahomet, p. 10, 11. dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery... | |
 | 1838 - 596 pages
...the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotion of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was... | |
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