...the past from their own immediate interests. Thus the comprehensive list of his enemies—"English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier"—becomes the final guarantor of his own claim to reflection, distance, and composure. To...

...interpretation acquired careerist dimensions. In My Own Life,7 he recounted the reception of the first volume: "I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation,...freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I and the...

...had at once neglected present power, interest, and authority, and the cry of popular prejudices; and as the subject was suited to every capacity, I expected...patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man, who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Strafford;...

...Gibbon's, the first volume sold poorly. Hume wrote in 'My Own Life' that he was assailed from every side: 'English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman...patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man, who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I,'15 Such criticism might be...

...as the subject was suited to every capacity, 1 expected proportional applause. But miserable was tny disappointment : I was assailed by one cry of reproach,...Patriot and Courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles 1. and the Earl of Stratford ;...

...had at once neglected present power, interest, and authority, and the cry of popular prejudices ; and as the subject was suited to every capacity, I expected...Patriot and Courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous t**i* for the fete of Charles I. and the Earl of Strafford...

...had at once neglected present power, interest, and authority, and the cry of popular prejudices; and as the subject was suited to every capacity, I expected...detestation; English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory,9 churchman and sectary, The Advocates' Library, now the National Library of Scotland. ' Nicknames...

...at once neglected present power, interest, and authority, and the cry of popular prejudices ; and, as the subject was suited to every capacity, I expected...was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, aud even detestation : English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, freethinker...

...every capacity, I expected proportional applauses. But miserable was my disappointment; I was asailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation;...Scotch and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, free thinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed...