 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1851 - 1038 páginas
...the establishment of my fame. But my pride was ¡ soon humbled, anda sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting...an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever mirfht be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 páginas
...the establishment 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 companion, and that, whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious."f... | |
 | Jules Michelet - 1851 - 480 páginas
...Godfrey's brother and successor, mar• M pride wu loon humbled, and a lober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the Idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and Agreeable companion, and tliat whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian might tie short... | |
 | David Bogue - 1852 - 416 páginas
...the establishment 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 companion, and that whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious."... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 páginas
...acacias, which commands the lake and the mountains; and I will not dissemble my joy. But, when I reflected that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion," ,\v. There must always be something melancholy in the moment of separation, as all have more or less... | |
 | 1854 - 794 páginas
...the establishment 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...life of the historian must be short and precarious." The sentiment of regret thus breathed by Gibbon has been no less beautifully expressed in the verse... | |
 | 1854 - 616 páginas
...the establishment 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...my history, the life of the historian must be short und precarious." Ile, a man, wrote for fame, for the sake of the fame itself. /, a woman, wrote, too,... | |
 | J. R. MacCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1854 - 1048 páginas
...idea that 1 had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that what* soever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When Inglis visited Lausanne a few years ago, the library of the historian is said to have bet-n complete,... | |
 | 1855 - 424 páginas
...humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread ver my mind by the idea, that I had taken an everlasting eave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever...future date of my history, the life of the historian would be short and precarious. I will add two facts, which have seldom occurred in the composition... | |
 | 1855 - 364 páginas
...everlasting leave of ai old and agreeable companion ; and tha whatsoever might be the future date o my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." After remaining four years at Lau sanne, Gibbon resolved to revisit Eng land and his friend Lord Sheffield,... | |
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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 sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave... 
