 It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter', that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.  The Universal Magazine - Página 321796Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 456 páginas
...1764, as he sat musing amid the ruins of the capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing Vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind." Why is Pompeii so full of thrilling associations to the thoughtful traveller?... | |
 | 1848
...as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the capítol, while the barefooted friars were singing Vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind.' Why is Pompeii so full of thrilling associations to the thoughtful traveller?... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850
...1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the City first entered my mind." Happy infirmity of purpose, which had such a noble termination in the immortal... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - 1850 - 684 páginas
...as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind." In front of the church, facing the Campidoglio, are the 124 steps of Grecian... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1851 - 509 páginas
...as I sal musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-fooled fruira were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the Cjty first started to my mind. Father Malebranche having completed his studies in philosophy and theology... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853
...he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, and while the barefooted friars were singing Vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind. It was on the night of the 27th of June, 1787, that he wrote the last lines... | |
 | LORD MAHON - 1853
...he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, and while the barefooted friars were singing Vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind. It was on the night of the 27th of June, 1787, that he wrote the last lines... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - 1853
...as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind." In front of the ch., facing the Campidoglio, are the 124 steps of Grecian... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 368 páginas
...the ruins of the capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing lEABJfDfG AND LABOURS. vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of •writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854
...the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,7 that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than... | |
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