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" 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 297
1897
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Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 2

John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 612 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...recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment ot my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 2

1843 - 602 pages
...serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflecte-f from the waters, and all nature was silent. I »vill not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment ot my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along From...the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder ! n But my pride wa,soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spreaJ over my mind by the idea that I had...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the water, 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...
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The Life of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, an,l al 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...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. two eyes, Two starry eyes, hung in the gloom of...with their serene and azure smiles To beckon him. 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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Autobiography: Illus. from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narratives

Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 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...
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The Auto-biography of Edward Gibbon, Esq: Illustrated from His Letters, with ...

Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pages
...sky was serene, the silyer 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...
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Notes of a Tour in Switzerland in the Summer of 1847

Baptist Wriothesley Noel - 1848 - 394 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...
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Outlines of English literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 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...
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