 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 - Seite 2231914Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1845 - 500 Seiten
...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, no doubt, is greatly exaggerated, and the historian, believing him really to confess his political... | |
 | 1850 - 216 Seiten
...humour, and a great deal ot 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 weaknes* he has long since surmounted." This,... | |
 | William Massey - 1855 - 604 Seiten
...temporary, thus speaks of Wilkes: — Wilkes. ' He is 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 surmounted. He told us himself... | |
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1856 - 528 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 526 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 Seiten
...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 blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in; for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1863 - 750 Seiten
...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. Be told us himself that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune.'^ Such... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1863 - 700 Seiten
...inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour, but [is] 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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1864 - 378 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 346 Seiten
...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." A redeeming... | |
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