 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...  New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 113edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | 1830 - 336 pages
...commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1/87, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote...acacias, 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... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...hours of eleven and twelve at night. " 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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 pages
...the i our of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, l 7Ä7, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last • age, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns it a berceau,... | |
 | 1829 - 496 pages
...rather night of the 27th June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the burl liaea of the last page, in a Summer.house In my garden. After laying down my pen, 1 took several turns in a ben'eau, or covered walk of Acaciaa, which commands a prospect of the country,... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1827 - 440 pages
...separated from the recollection of it. "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 line of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns... | |
 | Richard Duppa - 1829 - 558 pages
...Memoirs has thus commemorated the event. " It was on the day or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787 between the hours of eleven and twelve that I wrote...acacias 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... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the lost lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden....acacias, 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...completion of the history he thus describes: 'It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, song ! To Him, ye vocal gales, ray garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acudas.... | |
 | 1830 - 400 pages
...labours may still be seen. " It was on the day," says he, " or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1 787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-honse in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a bergeau, or covered... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 594 pages
...last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a beryeau, or covered walk of acacias, 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... | |
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