 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 Living Age - Page 4661873Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pages
...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,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...fame. 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, whatever might be the future fate of my History, tho life of the historian must be short and precarious."—Life,... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...fame. 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...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... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1851 - 1016 pages
...pride was • 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...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,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...fame. 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...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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...fame. But joy 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... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1851 - 1038 pages
...But my pride was ¡ soon humbled, anda 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 mirfht be the future date of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious." When... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...fame. 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, whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian might be short and precarious."f... | |
 | Jules Michelet - 1851 - 480 pages
...mar• M pride wu loon humbled, and a lober melancholy was spread over my 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... | |
 | David Bogue - 1852 - 416 pages
...fame. 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 whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious."... | |
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