 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 408 pàgines
...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 an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious!"... | |
 | 1823 - 592 pàgines
...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 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."... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 pàgines
...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 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."... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pàgines
...fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread ovei my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an 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.... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pàgines
...page, in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect...leave of an 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."... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 pàgines
...from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy, on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment...leave of an 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.... | |
 | 1830 - 336 pàgines
...fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread ovei my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an 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.... | |
 | Richard Duppa - 1829 - 558 pàgines
...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 an old and agreeable companion, and whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious."*... | |
 | 1830 - 222 pàgines
...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 an 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."... | |
 | 1830 - 400 pàgines
...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 an 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... 
