Memoirs of the Life of Sir James Mackintosh, Τόμος 1E. Moxon, 1836 |
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... knowledge . He had a tolerable collection of books . Genealogy was , indeed , his favourite science . But his passion for genealogy led him to explore Scotch history , especially that of the seventeenth century , in which his own ...
... knowledge . He had a tolerable collection of books . Genealogy was , indeed , his favourite science . But his passion for genealogy led him to explore Scotch history , especially that of the seventeenth century , in which his own ...
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... knowledge in this extraordinary work ; but the uncertain and probably false suppositions about the pantheism of the ancient philosophers , and the object of the mysteries ( in reality , perhaps , somewhat 10 [ 1780 . LIFE OF THE.
... knowledge in this extraordinary work ; but the uncertain and probably false suppositions about the pantheism of the ancient philosophers , and the object of the mysteries ( in reality , perhaps , somewhat 10 [ 1780 . LIFE OF THE.
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... knowledge was scanty , which may , perhaps , have contributed to the scantiness of mine . In moral and political speculation , he rather declaimed , than communicated ( as he ought ) elementary instruction . He was , indeed , totally ...
... knowledge was scanty , which may , perhaps , have contributed to the scantiness of mine . In moral and political speculation , he rather declaimed , than communicated ( as he ought ) elementary instruction . He was , indeed , totally ...
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... knowledge , but with consi- derable activity of mind and boundless literary ambition . The world was all before me , ' and I had to choose my profession . My own inclina- tion was towards the Scotch bar . But my father's fortune was ...
... knowledge , but with consi- derable activity of mind and boundless literary ambition . The world was all before me , ' and I had to choose my profession . My own inclina- tion was towards the Scotch bar . But my father's fortune was ...
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... knowledge , a most amusing speaker and delightful companion , and one of the most generous of men . ance . " Laing was most acute and ingenious , but his meaning was obscured by the brevity which he too much pursued in his writings ...
... knowledge , a most amusing speaker and delightful companion , and one of the most generous of men . ance . " Laing was most acute and ingenious , but his meaning was obscured by the brevity which he too much pursued in his writings ...
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Σελίδα 119 - ... if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other?
Σελίδα 410 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares—- The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
Σελίδα 455 - Light of Nature' is a work which, after much consideration, I think myself authorized to call the most original and profound that has ever appeared on moral philosophy.
Σελίδα 323 - Every where natural, he carried into public something of that simple and negligent exterior which belonged to him in private. When he began to speak, a common observer might have thought him...
Σελίδα 155 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Σελίδα 253 - Perhaps, my good friend, you have fallen into this error of superior natures. From this error has, I think, arisen that calamity with which it has pleased Providence to visit you, which to a mind less fortified by reason and religion...
Σελίδα 86 - In Michaelmas Term, 1795, accordingly, he was called to the Bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn, and attached himself to the home circuit. He at the same time removed from a house in Charlotte Street, Portland Place, which had been his residence for some time, to what he calls, in a note of invitation to the late Mr. Canning, " his blackletter neighbourhood," and took a house in Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn.
Σελίδα 120 - Pentateuch ; and let any man, if he is able, tell me in what important respects the rule of life has varied since that distant period. Let the Institutes of Menu be explored with the same view; we shall arrive at the same conclusion. Let the books of false religion be opened; it will be found that their moral system is, in all its grand features, the same.
Σελίδα 115 - But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been; a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action.
Σελίδα 324 - I admired (says Mr. Gibbon), the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child: no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood.