...infidel, how could he assert, that since his reconversion to the Protestant faith, he had ' acquiesced, with implicit belief, in the tenets and mysteries...by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants '?* This is dishonourable dealing, and the accusation may be confirmed by a reference to the commencement...

...professed his belief in the doctrines of the Protestant Church, and, according to his own statement, " suspended his religious inquiries, acquiescing with...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants." He remained in Switzerland for five years, during which time he paid great attention to study, and...

...church of Liisannc. " It was here," says the historian, in his Memoirs of himself, " that I suspended religious inquiries ; acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants." These Memoirs to have been written, in the fifty-second year of hie ageT after the completion of his...

...church of Lusanne. " It was here," says the historian, in his Memoirs of himself, " that I suspended religious inquiries ; acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants." These Memoirs profess to have been written, in the fifty-second year of his age, after the completion...

...Christmas-day, 1754,.I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...are adopted by the general consent of catholics and protestants.f * M. Pavilliard has described to me the astonishment with which he gazed on Mr. Gibbon...

...the Protestant forms 011 Christmas Day, 1754, he had suspended his religious inquiries, " acquiescing in the tenets and mysteries which are adopted by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants." The journey homewards was not without some inconvenience; nor was it unattended by danger. The Seven...

...the Protestant forms on Christmas Day, 1754, he had suspended his religious inquiries, " acquiescing in the tenets and mysteries which are adopted by the general consent of Catholies and Protestants." The journey homewards was not without some inconvenience ; nor was it unattended...

...with the Protestant Church of Lausanne. "It was here," writes the mature Gibbon, "that I suspended ray religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants." But it was not only in his amended religious creed that Gibbon profited by the instructions of his...

...Protestant church of Lausanne. " It was here," he says in his autobiography, " that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants." It would appear, however, from his subsequent writings that, probably owing to the influence of Voltaire,...

...and corpulent, but he had uncommonly small bones, and was very slightly made. S. that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* * From, MB. PAVILLIABD to EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. June 26, 1754. Si a, — I hope that you will pardon...