 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pages
...he set out on his travels through Italy. His first impressions of Rome arc thus given : "My temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm, and the enthusiasm...years I can neither forget nor express the strong * Here also he met with Mile. Susanne Curchod, whose lively wit and elegant manners won the admiration... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 448 pages
...Paris, and in 1764 entered upon his Italian tour. He thus describes his visit to Rome : "My temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm, and the enthusiasm...twentyfive years, I can neither forget nor express the stormy emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the Eternal City. After a... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 pages
...Lyttclton (ripnt il ne peut souffrir le fils) ou il e'toit question des Parlemens de Campagne. temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm...affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, 1 can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 pages
...Lyttelton (dont il ne peut souffrir le fils) ou il etoit question des Parlemens de Campagne. temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm...affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, 1 can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 454 pages
...Lyttclton (dont il ne peut souffrir le fils) ou il e'toit question des Parlemens de Campagne. temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm...which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect, ^ut, at the distance of twenty-five years, 1 can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 474 pages
...Lyttrlton (clont il ne peut souffrir le fils) ou il ftoit question des Parlemens de Campagne. temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect.1 But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 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...agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the 5 eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod with a lofty step the ruins of the Forum. Each memorable... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 720 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...have ever scorned to affect ; but, at the distance of twenty -five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 pages
...notes and remarks. After visiting the leading Italian cities, he went to Rome. " My temper," he says, " is not very susceptible of enthusiasm, and the enthusiasm which I do not feel I scorn to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 pages
...where I arrived in the beginning of October. 2. My temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm l ; and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever...mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city.1 After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum 3 ; each memorable... | |
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My temper is not very susceptible of enthusiasm, and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years... 
