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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... "
The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ... - Page 176
by Edward Gibbon - 1814
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 594 pages
...enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to effect. But, at the distance of twenty-five yenrs, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as 1 first approached and entered the eternal city. Alter a sleepless night, I n oil, v. i-:li a lofty...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...considerable pour "irchitecture: mais ce n'a pas ete sans un respect secret the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my que j'ai considere les tombeaux de Galilee, et de Michel Ange, tlu restaurateur des arts, et de celui...
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The Tourist in Italy, Volume 1

Thomas Roscoe - Italy - 1831 - 386 pages
...enthusiastic feelings which animated him as he gazed upon the Forum. " 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...
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The Tourist in Italy, Volume 1

Thomas Roscoe - Engraving - 1831 - 392 pages
...enthusiastic feelings which animated him as he gazed upon the Forum. " At the distance of twenty-five years I can neither forget nor express the strong...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...
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The Tourist in Italy, Volume 1

Thomas Roscoe - Engraving - 1831 - 404 pages
...enthusiastic feelings which animated him as he gazed upon the Fortan. " At the distance of twenty-five years I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated niy mind as I first approached and entered the Eternal City. After a sleepless night, I trod, with...
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The Gallery of Portraits:: With Memoirs ....

Biography - 1836 - 506 pages
...entered the Eternal City were, after an interval of twenty-five years, still fresh in his memory. " After a sleepless night I trod, with a lofty step,...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...
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The County [afterw.] Country miscellany, ed. by H. Burgess

Henry Burgess (of Luton) - 1836 - 446 pages
...strong emotions which agitated my mind when I first approached and entered the immortal city;—after a sleepless night I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins...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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 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...the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Roinulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of...
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Description of the banquet given in honour of ... sir Robert Peel ... on his ...

James Cleland - 1837 - 172 pages
...described with such noble enthusiasm by Gibbon. " At the distance of twenty-five years," said Gibbon, " I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...agitated my mind, as I first approached and entered the immortal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable...
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Gibbon to Wilberforce

Biography - 1838 - 482 pages
...entered the Eternal City were, after an interval of twenty-five years, still fresh in his memory." After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step,...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...
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