 | George Stanley Faber - 1834 - 244 σελίδες
...them in this most deplorable instance of Mr. Hume. Such was the man, whom his biographer considers, both in his lifetime, and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the ideli of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. (2.)... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 σελίδες
...his friend, but a letter which is published 4 with all formality) : " Upon the whole, I have always arrying them 3 [It may be supposed that it was somewhat like what Mrs. Piozzi relates that he said of an eminent... | |
 | William Wilberforce - 1835 - 434 σελίδες
...to the open attack of every principle of religion, both natural and revealed, " that he had always considered him, both in his life-time and since his death, as approaching- as neatly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will... | |
 | 1836 - 506 σελίδες
...Dr. Adam Smith, the intimate friend of Hume. Tlds writer, indeed, does not hesitate to speak of him "as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Some deduction should of course be made from this language, as that of a natural self-love in the one... | |
 | 1837 - 352 σελίδες
...his fast sermon, February 1782. is offended with Dr Adam Smith for saying that " Mr Hume approached as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as, perhaps, frail humanity will permit ;" and well he may be offended ; for, if this can be without aid from religion,... | |
 | Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 σελίδες
...Dr. Adam Smith, the intimate friend of Hume. This writer, indeed, does not hesitate to speak of him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Some deduction should of course be made from this language, as that of a natural self-love in the one... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 538 σελίδες
...Dr. Adam Smith, the intimate friend of Hume. This writer, indeed, does not hesitate to speak of him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Some deduction should of course be made from this language, as that of a natural self-love in the one... | |
 | Joseph Marie comte de Maistre - 1843 - 192 σελίδες
...in writing. u Upon the whole, "he says,*4 1 have always considered him, [Hume,] both in his litetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature ot human frailty will permit." What a blasphemous sentence... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 600 σελίδες
...— as he tells our children, if we place Hume in their hands — that Hume's character approached as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous...as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit ; and therefore there is hardly any portion of the work in which the professors of religion are mentioned,... | |
 | 1846 - 614 σελίδες
...and thought, and a capacity in every respect the most comprehensive. Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.' In Boswell's Hebridean Journal (Croker's Edition, vol. ii. p. '267) will be found some very just remarks... | |
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Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. 
