 ... innovation, that he became, a warm and zealous advocate for every sort of old establishment, which he marked in various ways, sometimes rather ludicrously ; and I recollect, in a circle where French affairs were the topic, and some Portuguese present,...  The Annual biography and obituary - Страница 3141822Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 470 страници
...respecting the danger of revolution, that he seriously argued in favour of the Lisbon Inquisition, saying, " he would not at the present moment give up even that old establishment." Well might he call Burke a rational madman ! Possibly the compliment might not have been returned.... | |
 | 1868 - 904 страници
...opinion fixed as to tbe danger of hasty innovations, that he became a warm and zealous advocate for every sort of old establishment, which he marked in...present moment give up even that old establishment." This, doubtless, serves to explain the sense of a sentence in one of his letters to Lord Sheffield,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 506 страници
...opinion fixed as to the danger of hasty innovation, that he became a warm and zealous advocate for every sort of old establishment, which he marked in...said he would not, at the present moment, give up that old establishment. " It may not be quite uninteresting to the readers of these Memoirs, to know... | |
 | 1868 - 884 страници
...opinion fixed as to the danger of hasty innovations, that he became a warm and zealous advocate for every sort of old establishment, which he marked in...a circle where French affairs were the topic, and sonic Portuguese present, he, seemingly with seriousness, argued in favor of the inquisition at Lisbon... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1869 - 462 страници
...opinion fixed as to the danger of hasty innovation, that he became a warm and zealous advocate for every sort of old establishment, which he marked in...moment, give up even that old establishment. It may, perhaps, not be quite uninteresting to the readers of these Memoirs, to know, that I found Mr. Gibbon... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 страници
...respecting the danger of revolution, that he seriously argued in favour of the Lisbon Inquisition, saying, " he would not at the present moment give up even that old establishment." Well might he call Burke a rational madman ! Possibly the compliment might not have been returned.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 страници
...Sheffield records how Gibbon " became a warm and zealous advocate for every sort of old establishment. ... In a circle where French affairs were the topic, and...present moment, give up even that old establishment" (Misc. Works, i., 328). " It is by no means true that unbelievers are usually tolerant. They are not... | |
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