 I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene: the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all Nature was...  New Biographies of Illustrious Men - Page 2641857 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Geography - 1851 - 1016 pages
...reflected from the water*, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was • soon humble*!, and a sober melancholy was spread over my in I net, by the Idea that I had taken an everlasting... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1852 - 498 pages
...The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the...the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon tumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting... | |
 | History - 1852 - 218 pages
...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 dissemble the...freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame." Fountains, brooks, and rivers, impart some of the fairest aspects to the landscape, and stamp many... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1854 - 468 pages
...The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 pages
...The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | 1854 - 428 pages
...The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the loon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent, will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my îreedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame, i ¡ < a my pride was soon humbled, and a sober... | |
 | Biography - 1855 - 364 pages
...will not dissemble th first emotions of joy on recovery of m freedom,$and, perhaps, the establishmen of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy wa spread over my mind, by the idea that had taken an everlasting leave of ai old and agreeable companion... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the...my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlastmg leave of an old and agreeable companion,... | |
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