 | American literature - 1849 - 600 pages
...in some parallel passages attempted by Chateaubriand and Lamartine. " At the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong...Forum. Each memorable spot — where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell — was at once present to my eyes ; and several days of intoxication were... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...are well described by Gibbon the historian. " At the distance of five-and-twenty years," says he, " I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my breast as I first approached the eternal city. After a sleepless night I trod with a lofty step the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pages
...enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong...Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Csesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 pages
...enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong...Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 844 pages
...in some parallel passages attempted by Chateaubriand aud Lamartine. " At the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong...sleepless night, I trod with a lofty step the ruins of the Fornm. Each memorable spot — where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Cscsar fell — was at once... | |
 | Belgium - 1851 - 478 pages
...portrayed by Gibbon: — "At H. I the distance of twenty-five years," writes this very elegant scholar, " I can neither forget, nor express, the strong emotions...eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod with lofty steps the ruins of the Forum. — Each memorable spot — where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke,... | |
 | England - 1849 - 812 pages
...distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agi tateu my mind as I first approached and entered the Eternal...trod with a lofty step the ruins of the Forum. Each memorable1 spot — whcre.Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Cnesar fell — was at once present to... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 602 pages
...I can neither forget nor express the strong emotion which agitated my mind as I first approached am ring, Gospel : Work, and therein have well-being....work, were it but true hand-labor, there is something о Tully spoke, or Ca-sar fell — was at once presen to my eyqs ; and several days of intoxicatioi... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1849 - 614 pages
...portrayed by Gibbon : " At the distance of twenty-five years," writes this very elegant scholar, " I can neither forget, nor express, the strong emotions which agitated my mind, as I flrst approached and entered the Eternal City. After a sleepless night, I trod with lofty steps the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 746 pages
...in some parallel passages attempted by Chateaubriand and Lamartine. "At the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong...Forum. Each memorable spot — where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Cscsar fell — was at once present to my eyes ; and several days of intoxication were... | |
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After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend... 
