 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...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...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy, on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...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...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | 1836 - 444 pages
...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...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame." This last point was. in his... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...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...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | 1848 - 668 pages
...I will not dissemble," he says, " the first emotions of joy which took possession of my mind on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting farewell of an old and agreeable companion,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...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...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy, on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...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...the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not • See preface to the Life of Mahomet, p. 10, 11. dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 882 pages
...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...the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not * See preface to the Life of Mahomet, p. 10, 11. I 1 have followed the judicious precept of the Abbe1... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pages
...turns in a ferffaii, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature wag silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps,... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 1058 pages
...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...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent." What a picture I Who does not enter into what must have been the... | |
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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... 
