I scarcely ever met with a better companion ; he has inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour » and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of... Notes and Queries - Strona 2231914Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| 1840 - Liczba stron: 662
...humour, and a great deal of knowledge.' He adds, ' a thorough profligate in principle as in practice ; his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in ; for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted.' This,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1814 - Liczba stron: 726
...wit and humour, and a great deal of knowledge; butt thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice. and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1825 - Liczba stron: 338
...and humour, and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He... | |
| 1830 - Liczba stron: 336
...and humour, and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - Liczba stron: 548
...and humour, and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in ; for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told... | |
| William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.), William Stanhope Taylor - 1838 - Liczba stron: 532
...and humour, and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in ; for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - Liczba stron: 516
...and humour, and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in ; for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - Liczba stron: 486
...in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune. Upon... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - Liczba stron: 496
...and humour » and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1839 - Liczba stron: 498
...was assailed ; they were determined that the spleen of the court should not overwhelm a subpractice; his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in; for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told... | |
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