Travels After the Peace of Amiens: Through Parts of France, Switzerland, Italy, and Germany, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page 71 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last 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 of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 70 - I have presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last 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 of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 70 - Instead of a small house between a street and a stable-yard, I began to occupy a spacious and convenient mansion, connected on the north side with the city, and open on the south to a beautiful and boundless horizon.
Page 42 - Than when the shades of Time serenely fall On every broken arch and ivied wall ; The tender images we love to trace, Steal from each year a melancholy grace! And as the sparks of social love expand, As the heart opens in a foreign land; And with a brother's warmth, a brother's smile, The stranger greets each native of his isle...
Page 122 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Page 397 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Page 397 - Libyae vertuntur ad oras. est in secessu longo locus ; insula portum 1 60 efficit obiectu laterum, quibus omnis ab alto frangitur inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos. hinc atque hinc vastae rupes geminique minantur in caelum scopuli, quorum sub vertice late aequora tuta silent; tum silvis scaena corascis 165 desuper horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra.
Page 72 - ... easily restored to its proper balance. The lady, fearing that some person might discover her admirer in this awkward situation, forgot her anger, and endeavoured with all her might to raise him from the ground : her strength was unequal to the task ; and, after several ineffectual struggles both in the author and the lady, the latter was obliged to ring the bell, and to order her Astonished servant to raise the prostrate scholar. The story, as might be expected, became public the following morning,...
Page 32 - Son esprit est partout et son coeur est ici" (His spirit is everywhere, his heart is here). And over this, "Mes manes sont consoles, puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous" (My shades are comforted, for my heart is amongst you). On the walls hang several portraits: first, our empress (embroidered on silk, with the inscription, "Presente a M. Voltaire par 1'auteur." This one I contemplated with greater attention and greater pleasure than the others) ; second, the late King...