 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...  New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 113edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Christian biography - 1836 - 436 pages
...separated from the recollection of it. " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th oi June. 1787, 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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...he completed his task. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...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 I wrote...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 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 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... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 596 pages
...records the completion of his great task. "It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 17S7, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden [at Lausanne-] After laying down my pen I took several turns in a tierceaa, or covered walk of acacias,... | |
 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 pages
...following remarkable passage : — " 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 I took several turns... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Alps, French (France) - 1838 - 446 pages
...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... | |
 | 1838 - 804 pages
...summer-house in my garden [at Lausanne.] Afier laying down my pen 1 took several turns in a 'btrceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, Ihe lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the mooo... | |
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