 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 Quarterly Review - الصفحة 284المحررون: - 1834عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Charles Rockwell - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...former deity. It is this church of which Gibbon speaks, when he says, — " 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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 612
...15th of October, 1764, as he 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 that work first started to his mind ;" it was in the garden at Lausanne just referred to, that he terminated... | |
 | 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...15th of October, 1764, as he 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 that work first started to his mind ;" it was in the garden at Lausanne just referred to, that he terminated... | |
 | 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...or enjoyed, before I could descend to a cool and minute 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 340
...still less." — Vit. Demosth. * " It was on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat mnring there, v. hile the bare.footed fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea first started to my mind." — Memoirs of my Life. B Page 17, line 5. For this young FOSCABI, 4'c.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 530
...15th of October, 1764, as I sat muting amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-looted frían were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of Ihn City first started to my mind. Father Malebranche having completed his studies in philosophy and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...those to whom I am known will not accuse me of framing my own 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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...those to whom I am known will not accuse me of framing my own 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... | |
 | 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 822
...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 was circumscribed... | |
 | 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...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 was circumscribed... | |
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