 | Congregational churches - 1809 - 612 pages
...to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is of. ten accompanied with frivolous and superficial qualities,...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... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...(not a confidential letter to his friend, but a letter which is published* with all formality) : " Upon the whole, I have always considered him, " both in his lifetime, and since his death, as approach* This letter, though shattered by the sharp shot of Dr. Home of Oxford's wit, in the character... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 432 pages
...conversation. And that gaiety of temper so agreeable in society, but which i . so often ;u: companied with frivolous and superficial qualities, was in him...him, both in his life-time and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett - England - 1825 - 480 pages
...any one of all his great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper so agreeable in society, but...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... | |
 | David Hume - Ethics - 1826 - 508 pages
...one of all his great and amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but...depth of thought, and a capacity in every respect the DR ADAM SMITH. XXV most comprehensive. Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime... | |
 | William Wilberforce - Apologetics - 1829 - 344 pages
...prostituted 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 nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human... | |
 | William Draper - Economics - 1830 - 44 pages
...perhaps, of all his great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...(not a confidential letter to his friend, but a letter which is published ' with all formality): " 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... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - Theology - 1832 - 458 pages
...contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gayety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is often accompanied with frivolous and superficial qualities,...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... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...perhaps, of all his great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but...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... | |
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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. 
