...declared, that " both in the lifetime, 'and since the death, of his friend, he had always considered him as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit-f-." That I here do no injustice to this canonized philosopher, in venturing thus to assign...

...depth of 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...as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. I ever am, dear Sir, most af. fcetionately yours, ADAM SMITH. Soite of the last choice Kurds of Dr....

...depth of 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...perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature ef human frailty will permit. I ever am, dear Sir, Most affectionately yours, ADAM SMITH. V CONTENTS...

...which would "make us poor indeed !-' n " ing as nearly to the idea, of a perfectly wise and vir" tuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will " permit." Let Dr. Smith consider : Was not Mr. Hume blest with good health, good spirits, good friends, a competent and increasing fortune ? And had he...

...has delivered the following testimony: — " I have always considered Mr. Hume, both in his life time and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." — Letter from Adam Smith, LLD to W. Strahan, Esq. annexed to Hume's Life, and prefixed to the late...

...instance, who is not to be suspected of ehthueiastical feeling ; and whom Dr. A. Smith considered, ' as approaching as nearly to the idea of a ' perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of hu' man frailty will permit,' having made literary distinction his ruling passion, was so exasperated...

...published* with all formality :) / " Upon the whole, I have " always considered him, both in his life time " and since his death, as approaching as nearly to "...human frailty will permit." Let Dr. Smith consider i Was not Mr. Hume * This letter, though shattered by the sharp shot of Dr. Home of Oxford's \vit,...

...man as Adam Smith h»s delivered the following testimony : — " I have always considered Mr. Hume, both in his life-time and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a PERFECTLY wise ^IND viitTuocs MAN, as perhaps the nature of human frailty Will permit." '—Letter from, Mam Smith...

...eonsiders, " both in his lifetime and sinee his death, as approaehing as nearly to the idea of o perfeetly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit !" Let us now view a Christian's antieipation of death. Wateh thou in all tilings, endure afflietions, do...

...less singular than this, in a strain very similar, "I have always considered Mr. Hume, both in bis lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit."* We do therefore say, that we see no satisfactory evidence of that sincere and habitual piety of which...