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Essays, political, historical and miscellaneous - Page 384
by sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850
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The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts

John Blair Linn - Genius - 1802 - 196 pages
...susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm which 1 do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither...lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several...
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 4

John Aikin - Biography - 1803 - 646 pages
...took place in -1765 > and ne tlius in glowing language describcd his sensations on entering Rome : " After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, vas at once present to my eye ; and several...
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The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts

John Blair Linn - American poetry - 1804 - 192 pages
...susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But at the distance of twentyfive years, I can neither...lofty step the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Csesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...susceptible of enthusiasm ; and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither...lofty step, the ruins of the Forum: each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at cnce present to my eye ; and several...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...into Italy, which he accomplished in 1 765. He thus speaks on the occasion of his entering Rome: " After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the forum ; each memorable spot, where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...kindled an enthusiasm in which he seldom indulged. " At the distance of twenty-five years," says he, " I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions...mind as I first approached and entered the eternal cilj/. After a sleepless night, I trode with a lofty step the b ruins of the forum ; 'each memorable...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...nous ont comblé de politesses. Je plains beaucoup ce pauvre vieillard. A l'âge de e 2 soixante five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong...lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tally spoke, or Cssar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...susceptible of enthusiasm; and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither...eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with ii lofty step, the ruins of the Forum : each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 66

England - 1849 - 802 pages
...autobiography. There are few passages in the English language so popular as the well-known ones in which he has recounted the first conception, and final...lofty step the ruins of the Forum. Each memorable spot — where Romulus stood, or Tally spoke, or C.-rsar fell — was at onca present to my eyes; and...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volume 1

Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 352 pages
...external objects, are well described by Gibbon. " At the distance of five and twenty years," said he, " I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions, which agitated my breast, as I first approached the ETERNAL CITY. After a sleepless night, I trod, with lofty step, the...
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