 | David Hume, Adam Smith - 1777 - 138 σελίδες
...modefty, and without even the flighteft tincture of malignity, fo frequently the difagreeable fource of what is called wit in other men. It never was the...objects of it. To his friends, who were frequently the obje&s of it, there was not perhaps any one of all his great and amiable qualities, which contributed... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1777 - 584 σελίδες
...even thofe who were tht objefts of it. To kit friends, who were frequently the objects of it, ^tere was not perhaps any one of all his great and amiable...converfation. And that gaiety of temper, fo agreeable in focicty, bat which is fo often accompanied with frivolous and fuperficial qualities, was in him certainly... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 452 σελίδες
...frequently the difagreeable fource of what is called •wit in other men. It never was the meaning of Jiis raillery to mortify; and therefore, far from offending,...it, there was not perhaps any one of all his great arid amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his converfation. And that gaiety of temper,... | |
 | 1777 - 750 σελίδες
...I received the following iclter from Dr Black. DIAR SIR, | Yefttrdav, about four o'clock after ing, it feldom failed to pleafe and delight even thofe...objects of it, there was not, perhaps, any one of all hie great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his converfation ; and that gaiety... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1805 - 394 σελίδες
...his raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it feldom failed to pleafe and delight thofe who were the objects of it. To his friends,...of temper fo agreeable in fociety, but which is fo ofien accompanied with frivolous and fuperficial qualities, was in him certainly attended with the... | |
 | 1809 - 612 σελίδες
...to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight, even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were...objects of it, there was not perhaps, any one of all hi«. great and amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett - 1825 - 480 σελίδες
...raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were...amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper so agreeable in society, but which is so often accompanied... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 508 σελίδες
...to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight, even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were...amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is so often accompanied... | |
 | William Draper - 1830 - 44 σελίδες
...mortify, and therefore far from offendC 2 20 ing, it seldom failed to please and delight even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were frequently the objects of it, there was not any one, perhaps, of all his great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation.... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 458 σελίδες
...to mortify ; and, therefere, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight, even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were...amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gayety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is often accompanied with... | |
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... modesty, and without even the slightest tincture of malignity, so frequently- the disagreeable source of what is called wit in other men. It never was the meaning of his raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to... 
