 | American periodicals - 1849 - 638 pages
...8vo edition.) Again, the well-known description of the conclusion of his lahors : — I have presumed to mark the moment of conception ; I shall now commemorate...deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th June, 1787, hetween the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in... | |
 | 308 pages
...I could now wish that a pause, an interval, had been allowed for a serious revisal. I have presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall now commemorate...deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the z7th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last... | |
 | John Gustavus Lemaistre - Anglo-French War, 1793-1802 - 1806 - 472 pages
...could not be tempted to change my habitation with the changes of the season." ****** " I have presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall now commemorate...deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the twenty-seventh Ojf distinguished historian wrote the last volumes of his Decline and Fall of the Roman... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1796 - 612 pages
...July, 1784, and ended May i, 1786. The 6th volume was begun May 18, 1786, and ended June 27, 1787. ' It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the laft lines of the laft page, in a fummer-houfe in my garden. After laying • down my pen, I took feveral... | |
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...Sheffield, 8 May 1776. Every man should know also his account of the moment of completion. I have presumed to mark the moment of conception. I shall now commemorate...my final deliverance. It was on the day or rather the night of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve that I wrote the last lines... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1907 - 412 pages
...I could now wish that a pause, an interval, had been allowed for a serious revisal. I have presumed to mark the moment of conception; I shall now commemorate...my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather the night, of the ayth of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last... | |
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It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the Yast lines 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... 
