Consolations in Travel Or the Last Days of a Philosopher |
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| Author:
| Davy, Humphry |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4346-1318-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2007 |
| Publisher: | Creative Media Partners, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.99 |
Book Description:
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When I was left alone I seated myself in the moonshine on one of the steps leading to the seats supposed to have been occupied by the patricians in the Colosæum at the time of the public games. The train of ideas in which I had indulged before my friends left me continued to flow with a vividness and force increased by the stillness and solitude of the scene; and the full moon has always a peculiar effect on these moods of feeling in my mind...' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)
When I was left alone I seated myself in the moonshine on one of the steps leading to the seats supposed to have been occupied by the patricians in the Colosæum at the time of the public games. The train of ideas in which I had indulged before my friends left me continued to flow with a vividness and force increased by the stillness and solitude of the scene; and the full moon has always a peculiar effect on these moods of feeling in my mind...' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)