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" 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... "
Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham - Page 220
by Englishmen - 1836
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...took severa! turns in a berceau, or covered Residence of Gibbon at Lausanne. walk of acacias, which wives and mothers never wed, Dejected widows with...tear ~ .nd crippled age with more than" rolled. H was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion,...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 18

1849 - 600 pages
...turns in a beneau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene,...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bergeau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the water, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of...
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The Life, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 pages
...garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns In a btrceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and...mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the sliver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and ail nature was silent. I will not dissemble...
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The Life of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountaius. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, an,l al nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom,...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...took several turns in a berceau, or covered Residence of Gibbon at Lausanne. walk of acacias, which d hill shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a you vas temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all...
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Autobiography: Illus. from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narratives

Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pages
...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...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable...
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The Auto-biography of Edward Gibbon, Esq: Illustrated from His Letters, with ...

Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 pages
...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...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable...
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Lives of Men of Letters and Science who Flourished in the Time of ..., Volume 2

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1846 - 566 pages
...garden. After laying down my pen I took several walks in a berceau, or covered walk of x acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and...waters, and all nature was silent." — " I will not," he adds, " dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment...
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Historical Pictures of the Middle Ages, in Black and White: Made ..., Volume 1

Alicia Moore, Wandering Artist - 1846 - 680 pages
...garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias, vhich commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." VESTIGES OF PALACES. 293 It is to the successive conquests of Savoy...
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