 | James Cotter Morison - 1879 - 220 páginas
...conception of his great work. " It was at Rome, on the 15th October, 1764, as I sat musing amid the ruing of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." The scene, the contrast of the old religion and the new, the priests of Christ replacing the flamens... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 514 páginas
...deserves to be, looked upon as an act of foolhardiness. I have to contend both in Europe and 1 " It was as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...Jupiter, that the idea of writing the ' Decline and Fall ' first started to my mind." — Gibbon's Memoirs. America with the whole weight of religious prejudice... | |
 | Peter Anton - 1880 - 268 páginas
...on the 15th October 1764, as I sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol while the bare-footed fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that...to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed by the decay of the city rather than of the empire : and though my reading and reflections began to... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 634 páginas
...three years after this, in the course of a tour in Italy, he conceived the idea of his famous work : " It was at Rome, on the isth of October 1764, as I...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." He did little towards the fulfilment of this conception till 1770, when the death of his father left... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 páginas
...three years after this, in the course of a tour in Italy, he conceived the idea of his famous work : " It was at Rome, on the isth of October 1764, as I...decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. He did little towards the fulfilment of this conception till 1770, when the death of his father left... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1881 - 342 páginas
...thought, and thought, and thought it over and over and over. — Dickens. 5. It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins...decline and f.all of the city first started to my mind. — G'lbbon. 6. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 534 páginas
...eminent geniuses to display their powers. " It was at Rome," says Gibbon, " on the loth of October, 1761, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writmg the Decline and Fall of the City first started to my mind." Father Malebranchs having completed... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 946 páginas
...15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friara were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that...Decline and Fall of the City first started to my mind." Father Malebranche having completed his studies in phi losophy and theology without any other intention... | |
 | William Swinton - 1882 - 686 páginas
...speech ? (See Def. 18.1 I XVI. EDWARD GIBBON. J737-I/94GIBBON'S OWN ACCOUNT OF HIS GREAT HISTORY.1 i. It was at Rome, on the isth of October, 1764, as I...vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of 1 From Gibbon's Memoir of My Life and Writings. '7 writing the decline and fall of the city first started... | |
 | 1883 - 248 páginas
...should each receive ? G1.— Bora AND GIRLS. Grammar. 1. It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1 764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city firbt started in my mind. But my original plan teas circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than... | |
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It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. 
