 | Hunting - 1828 - 562 pages
...mountains. The air was temperate, the sky iras serene, the silver orb of the moon vas reflec'cd on the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of j*»y on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of uiv fame. But my pride was... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...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...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 - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...from the waters, and all nature was alien I. 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 hum* bled, and a sober melancholy was spread over mjr imind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...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 silent. I wiH not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1813 - 532 pages
...of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the fky was ferene, the filver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was filent. I will not diflemble the firft emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 544 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 548 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...the country, the fake, and the mountain*. '22 GIBSON'S WORKS. The air was temperate, the sky serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the...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 - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 474 pages
...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. But my pride was soon humbled, and a soher melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old... | |
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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... 
