| Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...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 this noble principle he has connected himself closely with Lord Temple and Mr. Pitt, commenced... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour, and a great deal of knowledge. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune. Upon this principle he has connected himself closely with Lord Temple and Mr. Put, commenced a public... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...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 this noble principle he has connected himself closely with lord Temple and Mr Pitt, commenced... | |
| Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...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 this noble principle he has connected himself closely with lord Temple and Mr Pitt, commenced... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour, and a great deal of knowledge. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension, he was resolved to make his fortune. Upon this principle he has connected himself closely with Lord Temple and Mr. Pitt, commenced a public... | |
| William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.), William Stanhope Taylor - Europe - 1838 - 532 pages
...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. This proved a very debauched day : we drank a good deal, both after dinner and supper; and when at... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 516 pages
...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. This proved a very debauched day : we drank a good deal, both after dinner and supper; and when at... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 544 pages
...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. This proved a very debauched day : we drank a good deal, both after dinner and supper; and when at... | |
| Henry Grattan - Catholic emancipation - 1839 - 540 pages
...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." ject ; and possibly they felt some gratitude for a person whose fate it was to have done something,... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Historians - 1839 - 496 pages
...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 this noble principle he has connected himself closely with Lord Temple and Mr. Pitt, commenced... | |
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