 It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered...  A Handbook of English Composition - Page 51de James Morgan Hart - 1895 - 360 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pages
...great labour is very impressive. " It was on the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1848 - 410 pages
...ended it on the banks of Lake Geneva. He says : " It was on the day or rather the night of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 pages
...his feelings at its conclusion: — " It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected... | |
 | W. B. Carnochan - 1987 - 260 pages
...combines relief and a sense of loss: It was on the day or rather the night of the 2jth of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve that I wrote...which commands a prospect of the country the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky 19 was serene; the silver orb of the moon was reflected... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1998 - 1094 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - 2000 - 470 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day or rather the night of 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve that I wrote...lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. ... I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom and perhaps the establishment... | |
 | Eugene L. Stelzig - 2000 - 302 pages
...admixture in a yet more affecting manner: It was on the day or rather the night of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve that I wrote the last page in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or... | |
 | David Womersley - 2002 - 472 pages
...passage of draft 8E' of the 'Memoirs': It was on the day, or rather the night, of the ayth ofJune, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...After laying down my pen I took several turns in a batrau, or covered walk of Acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.... | |
 | H.v. Morton - 2009 - 434 pages
...he described 'the final hour of my deliverance'. It was the day, or rather night, of June 27, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that 'I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer house of my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1879 - 451 pages
...same facts might have been recorded * "It was on the day, or rather night of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected... | |
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