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" He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune. "
The Edinburgh Review - Page 106
1840
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

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...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

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...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1

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...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

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...
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Correspondence, ed. by [W.S. Taylor and J.H. Pringle] the ..., Volume 2

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...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Volume 2

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...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Volume 2

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...
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Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 1

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,...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Selections from His Correspondence, and ...

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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