| 1849 - 600 стор.
...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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 стор.
...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 стор.
...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,... | |
| 1844 - 848 стор.
...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... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 стор.
...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 in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 стор.
...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 in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan... | |
| 1848 - 616 стор.
...at Rome, as Gibbon himself tells tis : ' On the fifteenth of October, 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the capítol, while the barefooted friars were singing Vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind.' Why is Pompeii... | |
| 1849 - 822 стор.
...to a cool and minute investigation. It was at Rome, on the 15th October 1764, as I eat musing amidst the ruins of the Capítol, while the barefooted friars...were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing this Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan... | |
| 1849 - 602 стор.
...investigation. It was at Rome on the 15th October, 1764, as I sat miihingamids 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... | |
| 1849 - 812 стор.
...investigation. It was at Rome, on the 15th October 1764, ns I sat musing amidst the ruina of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that tho idea of writing this Decline and Fall of the city first started to my mind. But my original plan... | |
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