John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland Quote

Merit, indeed!…We are come to a pretty pass if they talk of merit for a bishopric.


noted in Lady Salisbury's diary, 9 December 1835; C. Oman The Gascoyne Heiress (1968) pt. 5


Merit, indeed!…We are come to a pretty pass if they talk of merit for a bishopric.

Merit, indeed!…We are come to a pretty pass if they talk of merit for a bishopric.

Merit, indeed!…We are come to a pretty pass if they talk of merit for a bishopric.

Merit, indeed!…We are come to a pretty pass if they talk of merit for a bishopric.