 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 General Biographical Dictionary - Page 463edited by - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1852 - 498 pages
...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...covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of tbe country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 pages
...there : " It was on the night of the 27th of June, 1797, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house...berceau or covered walk of acacias, which commands the lake and the mountains; and I will not dissemble my joy. But, when I reflected that I had taken... | |
 | 1852 - 218 pages
...on the day, or rather night, of the 27th June, 178Y, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The... | |
 | David Bogue - 1852 - 416 pages
...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...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 350 pages
...there : " It was on 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...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bereeau or covered walk of 240 acacias, which commands the lake and the mountains. The sky was serene,... | |
 | 1854 - 616 pages
...I had to expect in the event of a failure. As I lay there, the words of Gibbon rose to my mind : " After laying down my pen, I took several turns in...lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the eky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.... | |
 | 1854 - 428 pages
...conclusion: " It was on 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...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 pages
...conclusion: " It was on 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...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 494 pages
...there : " It was on the night of the 27th of June, 17s7, hetween the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house...After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a herceau or covered walk of acacias, which commands the lake and the mountains. The sky was serene,... | |
 | 1854 - 794 pages
...the twenty-seventh 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 in a herceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
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