 I will not 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 was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an...  The National magazine and general review - Pàgina 409editat per Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Eugene L. Stelzig - 2000 - 302 pàgines
...reflected 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...melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreable [sic] companion, and that, whatsoever might... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - 2000 - 470 pàgines
...last page in a summer-house in my garden. ... I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom and perhaps the establishment...my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancoly was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable... | |
 | H.v. Morton - 2009 - 256 pàgines
...was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. 1 will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery...melancholy was 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... | |
 | David Womersley - 2002 - 472 pàgines
...reflected 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...melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the... | |
 | Jonathan Keates - 2003 - 390 pàgines
...farewell to his readers, and to his great project: 'l will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment...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 - 2005 - 350 pàgines
...feelings that this achievement inspired: "I will not dissemble the first emotions of my joy on the recovery of my freedom and perhaps the establishment...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,... | |
 | Willa Cather - 2006 - 904 pàgines
...and Fall of the Roman Empire. In his Memoirs Gibbon wrote that as he approached the end of his study "a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken my everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the... | |
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