But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must... The Age of Johnson (1748-1798) - Σελίδα 130των Thomas Seccombe - 1902 - 366 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 σελίδες
...everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." From Lausanne Gibbon again returned to England for a short time, but he came back again to Switzerland,... | |
| 1849 - 602 σελίδες
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatever might be the future fate ` ' Lss9 # 9 F#[ p ! X q\m ]# "-Life,, p. 255, 8vo edition. Hume's account of his own life is a model of perspicuity, modesty, and... | |
| 1849 - 844 σελίδες
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion; and that, whatever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." — (Life, p. 255, 8vo edition.) Hume's account of his own life is a model of perspicuity, modesty,... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 σελίδες
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion,...life of the historian must be short and precarious. GIBBON'S FIRST LOVE. I HESITATE, from the apprehension of ridicule, when I approach the delicate subject... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 σελίδες
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion,...life of the historian must be short and precarious.' From Lausanne he returned to London to superintend the publication of his three last volumes, the appearance... | |
| John Ramsay McCulloch - 1851 - 1016 σελίδες
...soon humble*!, and a sober melancholy was spread over my in I net, by the Idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion,...life of the historian must be short and precarious." When Inglls vUlted tausanne a few years ago, the library of the historian is said to have been complete,... | |
| John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1851 - 1038 σελίδες
...that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever mirfht be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When l'iiílu visited Lausanne a few years ago, the library of the historian Is said to have been completo,... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 σελίδες
...pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my*history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.' From Lausanne he returned to London... | |
| Jules Michelet - 1851 - 480 σελίδες
...mind, by the Idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and Agreeable companion, and tliat whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian might tie short and precarious." Life of Gibbon, prefixed to his Decline and Full, &c. t Colbert. Nov.... | |
| David Bogue - 1852 - 416 σελίδες
...an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." The house in which the two friends resided still bears the name of the Grotto, but the garden has been... | |
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