| Robert Chambers - 1890 - 848 Seiten
...seeing him reconverted to Protestantism. Gibbon tells us that ' the various articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream ; and after a full conviction, on Christmas-day 1754, 1 received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries,... | |
| James Mercer Garnett - 1891 - 728 Seiten
...corpulent, but he had uncommonly small bones, and was very slight made. — SHEFFIELD'S Note. tion, on Christmas-day, 1754, I received the sacrament in...the general consent of catholics and protestants. Such, from my arrival at Lausanne, during the first eighteen or twenty months (July 1753-March 1755),... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 474 Seiten
...articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream ; and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, I received the sacrament in the Church of Lausanne....are adopted by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.2 i M. Pavilliard has described to me the astonishment with which he gazed on Mr. Gibbon... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 454 Seiten
...articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream ; and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, I received the sacrament in the Church of Lausanne....are adopted by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.2 1 M. Pavilliard has described to me the astonishment with which he gazed on Mr. Gibbon... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 Seiten
...of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream ; and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, 1 received the sacrament in the Church of Lausanne....are adopted by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.2 1 M. Pavilliard has described to me the astonishment with which he gazed on Mr. Gibbon... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 Seiten
...of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream ; and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, 1 received the sacrament in the Church of Lausanne....are adopted by the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.2 1 M. Pavilliard has described to me the astonishment with which he gazed on Mr. Gibbon... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1895 - 246 Seiten
...ago became very fat and corpulent, but he had uncommonly small bones, and was very slightly made. S» that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* * From Ma. PAVILLIARD to EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. June 26, 1754. SIR, — I hope that you will pardon my... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 Seiten
...articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream, and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, I received the sacrament in the Church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my Religious enquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries which are adopted by the general... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 466 Seiten
...articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream, and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, I received the sacrament in the Church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my Religious enquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries which are adopted by the general... | |
| John Meredith Read - 1897 - 586 Seiten
...by three of our senses — the sight, the touch, and the taste. The various articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream; and after a full conviction,...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.' This account, written six years before his death, clearly sets forth his religious position at the... | |
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