 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea...old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - 988 pages
...recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea...old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious. I will... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - Periodicals - 1856 - 512 pages
...recovery of my freedom and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea,...an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." Mr.... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - English literature - 1856 - 470 pages
...recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea...leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious."... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken...an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the author might be short and precarious. I will... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my taint. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken...leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsc-eitr might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But 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, and that whatsoever might to the future date of... | |
 | Biography - 1857 - 480 pages
...recovery of my* freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea...old and agreeable companion ; and that whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." 1... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of rny fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting' leave of tin old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life... | |
 | 1858 - 398 pages
...recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea...old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." *... | |
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I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave... 
