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" France. I admire his eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and I can almost excuse his reverence for church establishments. "
The Auto-biography of Edward Gibbon, Esq: Illustrated from His Letters, with ... - Page 237
by Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 381 pages
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The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal, Volume 6

1823 - 592 pages
...admirable medicine against the French disease, which has made too much progress even in this happy country. I admire his eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and I can forgive even his superstition. The primitive Church, which I have treated with some freedom, was itself...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 8

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 pages
...admirable medicine against the French disease, which has made too much progress even in this happy country. I admire his eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and I can forgive even his superstition. The primitive Church, which I have treated with some freedom, was itself...
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 6

1823 - 592 pages
...admirable medicine against the French disease, which has made too much progress even in this happy country. I admire his eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and 1 can forgive even his superstition. The primitive Church, which I have treated with some freedom,...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...writes, in two letters, " Burke's book is a most admirable medicine against the French disease. — I admire his eloquence ; I approve his politics ; I adore his chivalry ; and I can almost forgive his reverence for church establishments." " I conceive," said Cumberland, seldom given to eulogiurn...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...France ; many families at Lausanne were alarmed and affected by the terrors of an impending bankruptcy ; but the revolution, or rather the dissolution of the...eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, " The îamily of de Severy. and I can almost excuse his reverence for church establishments I have...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 pages
...France : many families at Lausanne were alarmed and affected by the terrors of an impending bankruptcy : but the revolution, or rather the dissolution of the...to Mr. Burke's creed on the revolution of France. 1 admire hi« eloquence, I approve his politics, I adore his chivalry, and I can almost exclue his...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

1830 - 336 pages
...France ; many families at Lausanne were alarmed and affected by the terrors of an impending bankruptcy ; but the revolution, or rather the dissolution of the...kingdom, has been heard and felt in the adjacent lands. J beg leave to subscribe my assent to Mr Burke's creed on the revolution of France. I admire his eloquence,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 34

1833 - 1056 pages
..." Burke's book," said he, " is a most admirable medicine against the disease of French principles. I admire his eloquence. I approve his politics. I adore his chivalry. And I can almost forgive his reverence for Church Establishments." Erskine, overcome by truth and kindred genius, at...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 34

1833 - 1032 pages
..." Burke's book," said he, " is a most admirable medicine against the disease of French principles. I admire his eloquence. I approve his politics. I adore his chivalry. And I can almost forgive his reverence for Church, Establishments." Erskine, overcome by truth and kindred genius, at...
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The works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 pages
...citing. " Burke's book," said Gibbon, " i» a most admirable medicine against the French disease. — I admire his eloquence ; I approve his politics ; I adore his chivalry ; and I can almost forgive his reverence for church establishments." " I shall take care," says Erskine, " to put Mr....
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