 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
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 Seiten
...Wilkes — Dr. Thomas Percy. 277 knowledge. ... 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. — Gibbon?... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 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 - 1872 - 460 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 - 1872 - 462 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,... | |
 | 1877 - 796 Seiten
...in practice, his life stained with every vice, and * conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in ; for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told ut himself that in the time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune. Upon... | |
 | 1877 - 936 Seiten
...and humour, and a great deal of knowledge; 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... | |
 | Robert Gibbs (of Aylesbury, Eng.) - 1885 - 716 Seiten
...condemnatory postscript to his praise :— " A thorough profligate in principle as well as in practice ; his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency." Whether self-interest or vanity did or did not first make Wilkes a patriot, certain it... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1888 - 372 Seiten
...infinite wit and humour, and a great deal of knowledge, although 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 - 1897 - 424 Seiten
...better companion; he has inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour, and a great deal of knowledge: but a thorough profligate as well in principle as...bawdy. These morals he glories in, for shame is a weaJcnett he has long since surmounted. He told us himself that, in this time of public dissension,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 Seiten
...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... | |
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