 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...  The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics - Side 5141796Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1846 - 580 sider
...to describe the conclusion of his arduous labours. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the 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... | |
 | James William Massie - 1846 - 572 sider
...of his great work. 1 quote his own words, describing the event. " It was on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen,... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1846 - 318 sider
...allowed to describe the conclusion of his arduous labours. "It was," he says, " on the day, or rather the 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... | |
 | Mrs Robert Moore - 1846 - 336 sider
...legacy of admiration, bequeathed to the scenes which inspired them. " It was on the day, or rather, the night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 sider
...great labour of Gibbon's life — the ' History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : ' — " 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... | |
 | Baptist Wriothesley Noel - 1848 - 394 sider
...sneering at religion. There is something affecting in his record of the completion of his great work. " 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,... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 sider
...record of the completion of his great labour is very impressive. " It was on the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 sider
...left us an equally minute and not less interesting record of his feelings at its conclusion: — " 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,... | |
 | 1849 - 602 sider
...of the conclusion of his labors : — " I have presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall tian educated in England — had made his observations. It was discovered that he had kept a regu June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in... | |
 | 1849 - 844 sider
...of the conclusion of his labours : — " 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 June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last linea of th« last page, in... | |
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