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" 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... "
The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics - Page 514
1796
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Lives of men of letters and science who flourished in ..., Volume 2; Volume 123

Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1846 - 580 pages
...to describe the conclusion of his arduous labours. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the 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...
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Recollections of a Tour: A Summer Ramble in Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland

James William Massie - 1846 - 572 pages
...of his great work. 1 quote his own words, describing the event. " It was on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of 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,...
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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 - 318 pages
...allowed to describe the conclusion of his arduous labours. "It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the 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...
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Historical Pictures of the Middle Ages, in Black and White: Made on the Spot ...

Mrs Robert Moore - 1846 - 336 pages
...legacy of admiration, bequeathed to the scenes which inspired them. " It was on the day, or rather, the night of the 27th of 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...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 3

Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...great labour of Gibbon's life — the ' History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : ' — " 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...
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Notes of a Tour in Switzerland in the Summer of 1847

Baptist Wriothesley Noel - 1848 - 394 pages
...sneering at religion. There is something affecting in his record of the completion of his great work. " 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,...
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The London Anecdotes for All Readers ...

Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pages
...record of the completion of his great labour is very impressive. " It was on the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of 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,...
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Outlines of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 pages
...left us an equally minute and not less interesting record of his feelings at its conclusion: — " 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,...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 18

1849 - 602 pages
...of the conclusion of his labors : — " I have presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall tian educated in England — had made his observations. It was discovered that he had kept a regu June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66

1849 - 844 pages
...of the conclusion of his labours : — " I have presumed to mark the moment of conception: I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last linea of th« last page, in...
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