 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...  The Nineteenth Century - Page 2971897Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on...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... | |
 | 1836 - 444 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on...freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame." This last point was. in his view, the great object of life. Hope, beyond death, he had none. He reluctantly... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on...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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy, on...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on...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... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett, William Beattie - 1836 - 374 pages
...was serene — the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on...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... | |
 | 1848 - 668 pages
...us. " I will not dissemble," he says, " the first emotions of joy which took possession of my mind 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 by the idea that I had taken... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy, on...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... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected upon the waters, and all Nature was filent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on...of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my same. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea, that... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...the barbarian conquerors as a more worthy subject of hi» nvratire. " Fas c*t et ab hoste doceri.'' dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery...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... | |
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