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" After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend... "
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent ... - Page 305
by John Aikin - 1803
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Gibbon to Wilberforce

Biography - 1838 - 512 pages
...memorahle spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed, before I could descend to a cool or minute investigation." His enthusiasm gradually gave way to deep and philosophical reflection, not...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Selections from His Correspondence, and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed...could descend to a cool and minute investigation. My guide was Mr. Byers, a Scotch antiquary of experience and taste; but in the daily labour of eighteen...
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Inaugural Addresses by Lords Rectors of the University of Glasgow: To which ...

University of Glasgow, John Barras Hay - 1839 - 332 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye, and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool or minute investigation." I need not recall to your recollection the earnest and , eloquent exhortations...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Selections from His Correspondence, and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Historians - 1839 - 496 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Cfesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool arid minute investigation. My guide was Mr. Byers, a Scotch antiquary of experience and taste ; but...
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Inaugural Addresses by Lords Rectors of the University of Glasgow; to which ...

John Barras Hay - 1839 - 376 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye, and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool or minute investigation." I need not recall to your recollection the earnest and eloquent exhortations...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon: With Selections from His Correspondence and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 396 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed...could descend to a cool and minute investigation. My guide was Mr. Byers, a Scotch antiquary of experience and taste ; but in the daily labour of eighteen...
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The life of Edward Gibbon [by himself] with selections from his ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tuily spoke, or Ca3sar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed...could descend to a cool and minute investigation. My guide was Mr. Byers, a Scotch antiquary of experience and tasle ; but in the daily labour of eighteen...
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A Classical and Archaeological Dictionary of the Manners, Customs, Laws ...

P. Austin Nuttall - Archaeology - 1840 - 722 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caisar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed, before I could descend to a cool or minute investigation.'' — Such was the extent and magmficence of Rome, in the time of Augustin,...
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Sketches of Foreign Travel: And Life at Sea; Including a Cruise on Board a ...

Charles Rockwell - Europe, Southern - 1842 - 440 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to -my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed...could descend to a cool and minute investigation." We took our lodgings in Rome, at the hotel " Ville de Paris," near the Piazza del Populo, and directly...
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The Opinions of Sir Robert Peel: Expressed in Parliament and in Public

Robert Peel - Great Britain - 1843 - 504 pages
...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Ceesar fell, was at once present to my eye, and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool or minute investigation." I need not recall to your recollection the earnest and eloquent exhortations...
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