 It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fryars 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.  Curiosities of Literature - Page 134by Isaac Disraeli - 1807Full view - About this book
 | David W. Belisle - 1859 - 450 pages
...of St. Maria d'Ara Ccdi, on the Capitoline Hill, at Borne, on the fifteenth of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." The thoughtful traveler,... | |
 | 1860 - 600 pages
...knowledge forced authorship on Gibbon. He had been long conversant with his great theme before. " At Home, on the 15th. of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst...friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." So too the history... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1860 - 610 pages
...308 THE RUINS OF THE CAPITOL. Gibbon informs us that it was here, 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 he first conceived the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Supposing the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - 614 pages
...knowledge forced authorship on Gibbon. He had been long conversant with his great theme before. "At Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst...friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." So too the history... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1861 - 340 pages
...developes genius, but accident has much to do in directing it to suitable employment. Had not Gibbon sat " musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter," the idea of the " decline and fall of the city " might not have " started in his mind." Many an author... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...history. His own words tell us of the romantic circumstances in which the great resolve was made : — " As I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind." The same man, Edward... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...history. His own words teH us of the romantic circumstances in which the great resolve was made : — "As I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol,...friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind." The same man, Edward... | |
 | John William Burgon - 1862 - 478 pages
...modern pageant which is transacted within it. One can quite understand Gibbon's statement, that " as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." That was in 1764,... | |
 | John William Burgon - 1862 - 456 pages
...modern pageant which is transacted within it. One can quite understand Gibbon's statement, that " as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in 44 THE VIA CRUCIS IN THE COLISEUM. the temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall... | |
 | William Chambers - 1862 - 150 pages
...of writing his great work occurred to him. He says, that 'it was on the i$th of October 1 764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind.' Our visit to... | |
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