 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.  Life of Adam Smith - Сторінка 47автори: Richard Burdon Haldane Haldane (Viscount) - 1887 - 161 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 458 стор.
...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 стор.
...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... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 стор.
...greatest 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...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,... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 стор.
...greatest 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...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 стор.
...greatest 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...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 стор.
...confidential letter to 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...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 стор.
...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 стор.
...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 стор.
...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... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1834 - 244 стор.
...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.)... | |
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