| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 σελίδες
...never read the New Testament with attention." His friend in scepticism, Adam Smith, considered him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." But since, in his estimation, female infidelity when unknown was nothing, one needs pretty positive... | |
| John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 458 σελίδες
...game of whist." Behold the dying occupation of a captain of infidelity ! Of one who is eulogized " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will admit " — his most serious employment is " diverting himself." Just about to yield up his last breath,... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 536 σελίδες
...scepticism, Adam Smith, considered him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly tvise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." But since, in his estimation, female infidelity when unknown was nothing, one needs pretty positive... | |
| Lives - 1833 - 588 σελίδες
...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" The effect of such a testimony, from such a quarter, was to put to silence, and it is to be hoped,... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 σελίδες
...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...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." The effect of such a testimony, from such a quarter, was to put to silence, and it is to be hoped,... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 606 σελίδες
...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" The effect of such a testimony, from such a quarter, was to put to silence, and it is to be hoped,... | |
| James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 σελίδες
...his friend, but a letter which is published 4 with all formality) : " Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his...virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will 1 [It may be supposed that it was somewhat like what Mrs. Piozzi relates that he said of an eminent... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 σελίδες
...never read the New Testament with attention." His friend in scepticism, Adam Smith, considered him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." But since, in his estimation, female infidelity when unknown was nothing, one needs pretty positive... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1833 - 450 σελίδες
...never read the New Testament with attention." His friend in scepticism, Adam Smith, considered him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." But since, in his estimation, female infidelity, when unknown, was nothing, one needs pretty positive... | |
| Robert Haldane - 1834 - 534 σελίδες
...Hume's Essays was so the Theory of Moral Sentiments, declared that he had " always considered Mr Hume, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching...virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will admit" ! Shall we then be dazzled with the splendour of the talents of such men, and join in the high... | |
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