 | 1799 - 616 σελίδες
...into which they can be thrown, cither by the rudeness of barbarism, or by the capricious corruptions of refinement, or by those innumerable combinations...is now a vast museum, in which specimens of every vaiic-ty of human nature may be studied. From these great accessions to knowledge, lawgivers and statesmen,... | |
 | James Machintosh - 1884 - 310 σελίδες
...can be thrown, either by the rudeness of barbarism, or by the capricious corruptions of refiner ment, or by those innumerable combinations of circumstances,...which specimens of every variety of human nature may bo studied. From these great accessions to knowledge,.lawgivers and statesmen, but, above all, moralists... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 402 σελίδες
...of barbarism, or by the capricious corruptions of refinement, or by those innumerable comhinations of circumstances, which, both in these opposite conditions,...History, if I may be allowed the expression, is now » vast museum, in which specimens of every variety of human nature may be studied. From these great... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 σελίδες
...into which they can be thrown, either by the rudeness of barbarism, or by the capricious corruptions of refinement, or by those innumerable combinations...between them, influence or direct the course of human aflairs. History, if I may be allowed the expression, is now a vast museum, in which specimens of every... | |
 | 1834 - 612 σελίδες
...into which they can be thrown, either by the rudeness of barbarism, or by the capricious corruptions of refinement, or by those innumerable combinations...intermediate stages between them, influence or direct the coarse of human affairs. History, if I may be allowed the expression, is now a vast museum, in which... | |
 | Jasper Adams - 1837 - 532 σελίδες
...position admits of still further authoritative confirmation. " History," says Sir James Mackintosh, " is now a vast museum, in which specimens of every variety of human nature may be studied. From those great accessions to knowledge, lawgivers and statesmen, but above all, moralists and political... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh, J. G. Marvin - 1843 - 108 σελίδες
...into which they can be thrown, either by the rudeness of barbarism, or by the capricious corruptions of refinement, or by those innumerable combinations...may be allowed the expression, is now a vast museum, 1 The Otaheiteans will probably not be thought to deserve either to be praised for their mildness or... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh, J. G. Marvin - 1843 - 130 σελίδες
...capricious corruptions of refinement, or by those innumerable combinations of circumstances, which, bath in these opposite conditions and in all the intermediate...may be allowed the expression, is now a vast museum, 1 The Otaheiteans will probably not bo thought to deserve either to be praised for their mildness or... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1847 - 580 σελίδες
...philosophy of certain original principles in ethics, and of as certain connatural perceptions in man. '' History, if I may be allowed the expression, is now...From these great accessions to knowledge, lawgivers ind statesmen, but, above all, moralists and political philosophers, may reap the most important instruction.... | |
 | Saxe Bannister - 1849 - 320 σελίδες
...periods of history explored ; many unknown regions visited and described History," he concludes, " is now a vast museum, in which specimens of every variety of man may be studied." The same period produced in Germany a greater genius — Herder— in whose magnificent... | |
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We can examine almost every imaginable variety in the character, manners, opinions, feeling prejudices, and institutions of mankind, into which they can. be thrown, either by the rudeness of barbarism, or by the capricious corruptions of refinement, or... 
