 | William Henry Bartlett, William Beattie - Switzerland - 1836 - 374 pages
...of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and,...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and,...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and,...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | Christian biography - 1836 - 436 pages
...of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. 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 view, the great object of life. Hope, beyond death, he had none. He reluctantly... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...conquerors as a more worthy subject of hi» nvratire. " Fas c*t et ab hoste doceri.'' dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and,...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...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 of my freedom, and,...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1837 - 1304 pages
...of the 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, the establishment of my fame. Ilui my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that 1... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 pages
...of the moon was reflected upon the waters, and all Nature was filent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my same. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea, that... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1837 - 882 pages
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recover}' of my freedomT and, perhaps, the establislmient of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 596 pages
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotion of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a soher melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken everlasting leave of an old... | |
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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 waters, and all nature was... 
