 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...  The Port Folio - Pagina 1631813Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1834 - 602 pagina’s
...the close of hi« literary labours with mingled feeling! of regret and delight. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June,...between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the bt.-t lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 pagina’s
...says, " to mark the moment of conception : I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I * See vol. ii. p. 177. took several turns in... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1835 - 362 pagina’s
...alter, when I compared my recollection with the page. " It was," said he, " 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 summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pagina’s
...says, " to mark the moment of conception: I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I * See vol. ii. p. 177. took several turns in... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pagina’s
...he should return to his native country. In four years he completed his task. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pagina’s
...says, " to mark the moment of conception : I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the lasUpage, in a summerhouse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I * See vol. ii. p. 177. took several... | |
 | 1836 - 444 pagina’s
...could to separated from the recollection of it. ' It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th ot 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 look several turns... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett, William Beattie - 1836 - 374 pagina’s
...It was on the night of the 27th of June, 1787, and between the hours of eleven and twelve, that he wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer house in his garden. " After laying down my pen," says he, " I took several turns in a berfeau, or covered walk... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pagina’s
...presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of...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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pagina’s
...he should return to his native country. In four years he completed his task. " It was," he says, " on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June,...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... | |
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