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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page 559
by Edward Gibbon - 1826
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Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the ..., Volume 22; Volume 72

Hunting - 1828 - 562 pages
...dissemble the first emotions of j*»y on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of uiv 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, whatsoever might be...
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The Port Folio

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...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...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...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 544 pages
...of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands...melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 548 pages
...of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands...melancholy was spread over my mind, by the " idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment...melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...of the last page * in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands...melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the...
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An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ...

John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...prospect of 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...my pride was soon humbled,, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 66

England - 1849 - 802 pages
...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment...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...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 8

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 pages
...berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, VOL. V11I. NO. XXXII. I the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate,...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...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volume 1

Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected upon the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not...melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea, that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatsoever might be the...
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