| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1835 - 362 pages
...alter, when I compared my recollection with the page. " It was," said he, " 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 summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...he should return to his native country. In four years he completed his task. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June,...several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, whidh commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...says, " 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 of June,...summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I * See vol. ii. p. 177. took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...says, " 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 of June,...eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the lasUpage, in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I * See vol. ii. p. 177. took several... | |
| 1836 - 444 pages
...could to separated from the recollection of it. ' It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th ot 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, I look several turns... | |
| 1836 - 436 pages
...between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a smnmcr-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bercetui, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1 787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a ferffaii, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...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 of June,...1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that 1 wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen,... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 1058 pages
...recollection with the page. " It was," said he, " on the day or rather the night of the 27th of June, I787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 446 pages
...removed. He alludes to them in the following remarkable passage: — " It was on the day ot 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 I took several turns... | |
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