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" ... 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 i will not dissemble... "
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page xxx
by Edward Gibbon - 1813
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...the fky was ferene , }he filver orb of the moon was reflected from waters, and all nature was fi'ent. I will not diflemble the firft emotions of joy on...pride was foon humbled , and a fober melancholy was fprcad over my mind , by the idea that 1 had taken an everlafting leave of an old and agreeable companion,...
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 520 pages
...filvcr orb of the moon was rtflt&ed from the waters, and all nature was filent. I will not diffemble the firft emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhap?, the eftablifhment of my fame. But my pride was foon humbled, and a fober melancholy was fpread...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 1

1797 - 610 pages
...the moon was reflefted from the waters, and all nature was iilerit. I will not diffemble the firfl emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the eftablifliment of my fame. But my pride was foon humbled, and a fober melancholy was fpread over my...
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The Port Folio

1813 - 716 pages
...of the moon Was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I wiH 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...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 pages
...of the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 pages
...' the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my...
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An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ...

John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,, and a sober melancholy spread over my mind,...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1817 - 494 pages
...of the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 8

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 pages
...of the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride was soon bumbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my...
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The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal, Volume 6

1823 - 592 pages
...of the moon was 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 of my fame. But my pride wa« soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my...
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