| H.v. Morton - Travel - 2009 - 256 pages
...dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my 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 leave of an old and agreeable companion. . . .* Gibbon, like Byron, made no more than a tourist's visit... | |
| Jonathan Keates - History - 2003 - 390 pages
...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 l had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the... | |
| Jeremy D. Popkin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 350 pages
...dissemble the first emotions of my 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 my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion" (180). Like many historical projects, the Decline... | |
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