| Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 pages
...kindled an enthusiasm in which he seldom indulged. " At the distance of twenty-five years," says he, " I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...mind as I first approached and entered the eternal cilj/. After a sleepless night, I trode with a lofty step the b ruins of the forum ; 'each memorable... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pages
...soixante dix-sept ans, mais il paruit encore vert et vigoureux. Il nous a reçu poliment/ mais il n'a the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twentyfive parlé qu'au chevalier. C'est un homme singulier, qui s'est élevé aux plus grands emplois à force... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 pages
...continued my journey through Sienna to Rome, where I arrived in the beginning of October. 2. My temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm; and the enthusiasm...eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with ii lofty step, the ruins of the Forum : each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 352 pages
...external objects, are well described by Gibbon. " At the distance of five and twenty years," said he, " I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions, which agitated my breast, as I first approached the ETERNAL CITY. After a sleepless night, I trod, with lofty step, the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 pages
...continued my journey through Sienna to Kome, where I arrived in thr liegitinin; of October. 2. My temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to effect. But, at the distance of twenty-five yenrs, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions... | |
| 1830 - 336 pages
...grands princes. Mais que ne pouvoit une vie trt^s tongue dont ious les momens n'avoirnt qu'un objet susceptible of enthusiasm, and the enthusiasm which...do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at unique ? Magliabecchi etoit, pour parler ainsi, la memoire personalised : un esprit qui ne pouvoit... | |
| Thomas Roscoe - 1831 - 404 pages
...delineated, with equal fervour, the enthusiastic feelings which animated him as he gazed upon the Fortan. " At the distance of twenty-five years I can neither...forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated niy mind as I first approached and entered the Eternal City. After a sleepless night, I trod, with... | |
| James Cleland - 1837 - 172 pages
...described with such noble enthusiasm by Gibbon. " At the distance of twenty-five years," said Gibbon, " I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...agitated my mind, as I first approached and entered the immortal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable... | |
| P. Austin Nuttall - 1840 - 722 pages
...the seat of the " Rerum Domini," as they have been called — the lords of terrestrial creation. " At the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither...entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I strode, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum. Each memorable spot where Romulus stood,... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 396 pages
...continued my journey through Sienna to Rome, where I arrived in the beginning of October. 2. My temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm, and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, 1 have ever scorned to affect. But at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express... | |
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