| John Blair Linn - 1801 - 136 ページ
...It was at Rome, on the fifteenth of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the capital, 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." Who bade her Livy... | |
| John Blair Linn - 1804 - 194 ページ
...investigation. 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." Gothic Darkne:... | |
| John Blair Linn - 1804 - 192 ページ
...investigation. 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." Gothic Darkness.... | |
| John Aikin - 1807 - 442 ページ
...impressive on the sensible mind. " It was (says Gibbon) as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the capital, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of this city first started into my mind." What, indeed,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 ページ
...fame. " It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter (now the church of the Zoccolants, or Franciscan friars) that the idea of writing the DECLINE and FALL... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 328 ページ
...at Rome, says Gibbon, 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. Father Malebranche... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1831 - 532 ページ
...exceedingly uneven from age. It was in this church,' as he sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,' that Gibbon first conceived, as he tells us, the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the City.... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1831 - 480 ページ
...exceedingly uneven from age. . It was in this church,' as he sat musing amid the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,' that Gibbon first conceived, as he tells us, the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the City.... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 400 ページ
...at Rome, says Gibbon, on the 15th of 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 the decline and fall of the City first started to my mind. Father Malebranche... | |
| 1834 - 602 ページ
...months at Lausanne, he proceeded to Rome, where u " he sat musing amongst the ruins of the capítol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, the idea of writing the decline and Tall of the city first started to his mind." He returned from Italy... | |
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