 | 1843 - 602 Seiten
..._" It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing that work first started to his mind ;" it was in the garden at Lausanne just referred to, that he terminated... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 612 Seiten
...— " It was at Rome, on the loth of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing that work first started to his mind ;" it was in the garden at Lausanne just referred to, that he terminated... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 Seiten
...musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers, that the idta of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind/' In front of the church, facing the Campidoglio, are the 124 steps of Grecian marble said to have belonged... | |
 | 1844 - 636 Seiten
...forms us, on the 15th of October, in that year, as he sat musing among the ruins of the capital, " while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter," that his idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire entered his mind. He had previously thought... | |
 | 1849 - 600 Seiten
...investigation. It was at Rome, on the 15th October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing this Decline and Fall ol the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1844 - 830 Seiten
...bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, now the Church of the Franciscans, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started in my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than the empire,... | |
 | 1844 - 848 Seiten
...writes — " It was at Rome on the loth of October 1764, as I sat musing amid the ruins of the capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, now the Church of the Franciscang, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...incident of я striking and romantic nature. 'As I sat musing,' he says, 'amidst the ruins of the Capitol, ng her little water-mills By spouts and fountains wild — Such small mach the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.' Many years, however,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...incident of a striking and romantic nature. 'As I sat musing,' he says, ' amidst the ruins of the Capitol, cry, De=pa!r, and fell Disease, and ghastly the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.' Many years, however,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 Seiten
...panegyric. It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers...the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than of the empire... | |
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It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. 
