 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.  Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure - Side 321796Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Robert Chambers - 1862 - 880 sider
...as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers ng : ' If I survive, I'll make them five!' ' My Lady Rochford,' writes Horace Walpo first started to my mind." It is to be observed that he thought only of the history of the city, not... | |
 | Charles Spence (of Liverpool.) - 1863 - 60 sider
...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." Gay's " Beggars' Opera" originated in a remark made by Swift to Gay, " What... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1863 - 432 sider
...the seventh book in the second ehelf on the right hand aa you go in.' friars were singing vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind.' Our visit to Ara Cœli was to appearance unavailing. In the silent basilica,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 sider
...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. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1865 - 536 sider
...as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the hare-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." Father Malebranche having completed his studies in philosophy and theology... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1867 - 824 sider
...1764, as I sat musing among 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." He returned to his father's house on the 25th of June, 1765, and passed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1869 - 462 sider
...as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed fryars 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 I was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 sider
...as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars l were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first stnrted to my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - 482 sider
...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. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than... | |
 | Appleton D. and co - 1870 - 900 sider
..."as lie sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol while the bare-footed monks were singing vespers, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind." S. Andrta delta Valle contains some of the most celebrated frescoes of... | |
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