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" The various 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 inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief... "
The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 449
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...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...the general consent of catholics and protestants. Such, from my arrival at Lausanne, during the first eighteen or twenty months (July 1753. ...March...
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The History and Survey of London and Its Environs from the ..., Volume 4

B. Lambert - 1806 - 624 pages
...to Deism. At that period, however, he tells us, he suspended his religious enquiries, and acquiesced with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries which...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants. For some time after this he continued to prosecute his studies, applying with ardour to the cultivation...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 12

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1815 - 558 pages
...Christmas-day, 1754, 1 received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants,' or, in other words, carrying with him into his new profession of religion one of the most pernicious...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...Christmasday 1754 I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* little figure, with a large head, disputing and urging, with the grealest ability, all the best arguments...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

1830 - 336 pages
...Christmasday 1754 I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* little figure, with a large head, disputing and urging, with the greatest ability, all the best arguments...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 882 pages
...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...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* *Letterfrom Mr. Pavilliard to Edward Oibbon, Btq. "Sir, "June 26th, 1754. " I hope you will pardon...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...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...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* * 'Letter from Mr. Pavilliard to Edward Gibbon, Esq. "Sir, "June 26th, 1/54. " I hope you win pardon...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religions inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief in the...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* *Lettcrfrom Mr. Pamlliard to Edward Gibbon, Esq. "Sir, " June 26th, 17W. " I hope yeu will pardon ray...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pages
...the church c°f Lausanne : and here it was, he informs us, that he suspended his religious enquiries, acquiescing, with implicit belief, in the tenets and...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants. Jiis advantages, in other respects, were so imp»irtant during his residence at Lausanne, that bcre,...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 11-12

1838 - 1056 pages
...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...
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