 It was at Rome, 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.  The Eclectic Review - 135 ページ 編集 - 1839全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Charles Rockwell - 1842 - 440 ページ
...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." Thus originated one of the most learned works that was ever written ; and when we consider that it... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 ページ
...musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers, that the idta of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind/' In front of the church, facing the Campidoglio, are the 124 steps of Grecian marble said... | |
 | 1849 - 600 ページ
...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...and though my reading and reflections began to point toward that object, some years elapsed, and several avocations intervened, before I was seriously engaged... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 ページ
...the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, g Folly's idle brood, \Vilil Laughter, Noise, and thoughtless Joy, And leave us Many years, however, elapsed before he realised his intentions. On returning to England in 1765, he... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1844 - 830 ページ
...capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, now the Church of the Franciscans, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started in my mind. But my original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than the empire,... | |
 | 1844 - 848 ページ
...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 started in my mind. But uiy original plan was circumscribed to the decay of the city rather than the empire,... | |
 | William Ingraham Kip - 1846 - 478 ページ
...as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing Vespers, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the city first started to his mind." To the Romanist, on the contrary, this Church derives its veneration from a miraculous wooden... | |
 | 1847 - 762 ページ
...as he sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, whijfthj^ barefooted /riws were singing vespers, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to his mind.' , ;" T,o the Romanist, oa the, contrary, this church derives its veneration from a miraculous... | |
 | 1848 - 616 ページ
...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 so full of thrilling associations to the thoughtful traveller? It is because... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 492 ページ
...1764, as he sat musing amid the ruins of the capitol, 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 so full of thrilling associations to the thoughtful traveller? It is because... | |
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