 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 last 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...  The National magazine and general review - Page 409edited by Full view - About this book
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1829 - 618 pages
...GIBBON IN HIS GARDEN. " It was on the day or rather night of ihe 27th June, 1787, Ычи/ew- «'"^ nmirs of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a Summer-nwwse ;,, my gnrden. And laying down my pen, I look several turns 111 л bfrccati, or covered... | |
 | 1843 - 602 pages
...his mind ;" it was in the garden at Lausanne just referred to, that he terminated his labors: — " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a sumrnerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 612 pages
...his mind ;" it was in the garden at Lausanne just referred to, that he terminated his labors: — " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berce.au, or covered... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...situation. The history was completed at the time and in the circumstances which he has thus stated: — ' It was on the day or rather night of the 27th of June...that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took severa! turns in a berceau, or covered... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...then subjoin to them such anecdotes as I have been able to collect relative to the 'same period. ' C" It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 1844 - 780 pages
...then subjoin to them such anecdotes as I have been able to collect relative to the same period. 1 [" It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...that I wrote the last lines of the last page, In a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns In a btrceau, or covered... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...situation. The history was completed at the time and in the circumstances which he has thus stated: — ' ver a jag, A river steep and wide. The loud wind never reached the ship, iii a summer-house iu my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...which all must sympathize, and which brings the author before us. " It was on the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours...that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bergeau, or covered... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 600 pages
...shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve,...that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a beneau, or covered walk... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1843 - 434 pages
...undertaking. His own words will doubtless recur to remembrance : " It was on the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, . !i:. t I wrote the last line of the last page in a sumner-house in my garden. After laying down my... | |
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