| 1855 - 424 頁
...was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1761, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, vrhile the bare-footed friars were singing Vespers in the...Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fell of the city first started to my muid. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the... | |
| W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 頁
...months at Lausanne, he proceeded to Home, where, as ' he sat musing amongst the ruins of the capital, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind.' He returned from Italy... | |
| 1856 - 594 頁
...says Gibbon in the most interesting passage of his Memoirs, 'on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sate musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were sinking vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1857 - 524 頁
...frequently occasioned the most errment geniuses to display their powers. It was at Rome, ga ye Gibbon, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the rums of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fnarn were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that... | |
| 1858 - 600 頁
...feelings on completing what first had occurred to his mind as a thought, at Rome, one evening as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while...friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter. " I have presumed to mark the moment of conception ; I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance.... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 頁
...choice was determined by an incident of a striking and romantic nature. ' As I sat musing,' he says, ' amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed...friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." Many years, however,... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 526 頁
...occasioned the most eminent geniuses to display their powers. It was at Rome, say* Gibbon, on the liitd of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fnara were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall... | |
| David W. Belisle - 1859 - 450 頁
...of St. Maria d'Ara Ccdi, on the Capitoline Hill, at Borne, on the fifteenth of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." The thoughtful traveler,... | |
| 1860 - 602 頁
...knowledge forced authorship on Gibbon. He had been long conversant with his great theme before. " At Home, on the 15th. of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst...friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind." So too the history... | |
| 1860 - 580 頁
...that " it was when he was musing in the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singina vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall or the city first started to his mind." The motive arising from the hope of L.100 is not likely to... | |
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