| John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 páginas
...susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm which 1 do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither...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... | |
| John Aikin - 1803 - 646 páginas
...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, the ruins of the forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, vas at once present to my eye ; and several... | |
| John Blair Linn - 1804 - 192 páginas
...susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But at the distance of twentyfive years, I can neither...lofty step the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Csesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 páginas
...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, I can neither...lofty step, the ruins of the Forum: each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at cnce present to my eye ; and several... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 páginas
...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, 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... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 páginas
...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 páginas
...nous ont 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...lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tally spoke, or Cssar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 páginas
...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, I can neither...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 páginas
...autobiography. There are few passages in the English language so popular as the well-known ones in which he has recounted the first conception, and final...lofty step the ruins of the Forum. Each memorable spot — where Romulus stood, or Tally spoke, or C.-rsar fell — was at onca present to my eyes; and... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 352 páginas
...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... | |
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