 | John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 pages
...enthusiasm which 1 do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before... | |
 | John Aikin - 1803 - 646 pages
...took place in -1765 > and ne tlius in glowing language describcd his sensations on entering Rome : " After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step,...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, vas at once present to my eye ; and several <hys of intoxication were lost or enjoyed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at cnce present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...into Italy, which he accomplished in 1 765. He thus speaks on the occasion of his entering Rome: " After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step,...memorable spot, where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lest or enjoyed before... | |
 | 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
...comblé de politesses. Je plains beaucoup ce pauvre vieillard. A l'âge de e 2 soixante five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tally spoke, or Cssar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 pages
...enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...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... | |
 | 1849 - 802 pages
...parallel passages attempted by Chateaubriand and Lamartine. " At the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...Forum. Each memorable spot — where Romulus stood, or Tally spoke, or C.-rsar fell — was at onca present to my eyes; and several days of intoxication were... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...de son maître de ce qu'il n'avoit pas fait l'impossible. Le roi de Prusse se pique de se connottre mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night I trod, with a lefty step, the en physionomie, science qu'il estime, et qui doit plain- aux rbis, parcequ'il semble... | |
 | 1830 - 336 pages
...de son mattre de ce qu'il n'avoit pas fait 1'impossible. Le roi dc Prusse se pique de se connoftre mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night I trod, with a lefty step, the en physionomie, science qu'il estime, et qui doit plaire aux rois, parcequ'il semble... | |
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After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend... 
