| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 頁
...complete his great work. The following are his remark« on THE COMPLETION OP HIS HISTORY. I have presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was jn the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1872 - 650 頁
...remaining volumes of his history, and he thus commemorates the conclusion of his labor» : "It was ou the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the honra of elovrn and twelve, that I wrote the last line« of the hut page iu а bummer-house in my garden.... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 頁
...wrote the remaining volumes of his history, and he thus commemorates the conclusion of his labors: "It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of Jane, 1787, between the honre of eleven and twelve, that I wrote th« last linca of the ladt page in... | |
| Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 558 頁
...I could now wish that a pause, an interval, had been allowed for a serious revisal. I have presumed to mark the moment of conception: I shall now commemorate...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... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 頁
...interval, had been allowed for a serious revisal. [GIBBON COMPLETES THE DECLINE AND FALL.] I have presumed to mark the moment of conception ; I shall now commemorate...my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather the night of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, 5 that I wrote the last... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 370 頁
...interval, had been allowed for a serious revisal. [GIBBON COMPLETES THE DECLINE AND FALL.] I have presumed to mark the moment of conception ; I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance.^ It was on the dayn or rather the night of the 2?th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, S^that I... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 頁
...I could now wish that a pause, an interval, had been allowed for a serious revisal. I have presumed to mark the moment of conception : I shall now commemorate...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... | |
| Thomas Seccombe - 1902 - 506 頁
...remaining volumes were the work of just under four years. ' It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th 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... | |
| 1903
...private negotiation with the minister of Honorius. FROM GIBBON'S " LETTERS." On the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, I wrote the last lines of the last page [of 7 he Decline and Fall] in a summerhouse in my garden [at... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1903 - 512 頁
...private negotiation with the minister of Honorius. FROM GIBBON'S "LETTERS. On the day, or rather the night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, I wrote the last lines of the last page [of 1 he Decline and Fulf] in a summerhouse in my garden [at... | |
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