These meditations resemble, in elegance, purity, neatness, and simplicity, the genius of those performances, which we know with certainty to have . flowed from the Royal pen: but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, and corrupt style of Dr.... The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the ... - Trang 173bởi David Hume - 1810Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 trang
...the royal pen; but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony...sufficient to convince us that he was the author." This certainly is excellent; exhibiting the most exact poise with one greatly preponderating scale;... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 trang
...the royal pen; but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony...sufficient to convince us that he was the author." This certainly is excellent; affecting to exhibit the most exact poise with one greatly preponderating... | |
| John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - 1812 - 758 trang
...the Royal pen: but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony...infamy of imposing it on the world for the King's. It it not easy to conceive the general compassion excited towards the King, by the publishing, at so critical... | |
| John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - 1812 - 748 trang
...the Royal pen: but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony...to convince us that he was the author. Yet all the evidence*, which would rob the King of that honour, tend to prove that Dr. Gauden had the merit of... | |
| John Nichols - 1812 - 746 trang
...the Royal pen: but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony seems sufficient to convince vis that he was the author. Yet all the evidences, which would rob the King of that honour, tend to... | |
| George Brodie - 1822 - 550 trang
...these meditations " are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony...sufficient to convince us that he was the author," yet .they are now indisputably and for ever ascertained—to the satisfaction of all who will be convinced... | |
| David Hume - 1854 - 558 trang
...royal pen ; but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony...all the evidences which would rob the king of that honor, tend to prove that Dr. Gauden had the merit of writing so fine a performance, and the infamy... | |
| David Hume - 1856 - 588 trang
...royal pen ; but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetciical, and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony...all the evidences which would rob the king of that honor, tend to prove that Dr. Gauden had the merit of writing so fine a performance, and the infamy... | |
| David Hume - 1856 - 586 trang
...the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, thajt no human testimony seems sufficient to convince us...all the evidences which would rob the king of that honor, tend to prove that Dr. Gauden had the merit of writing so fine a performance, and the infamy... | |
| John William Clayton - 1859 - 404 trang
...meditations are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, corrupt style of Dr. Gauden (Bishop of Exeter), to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony...seems sufficient to convince us that he was the author ;"' still, thanks to the researches of later writers, they are proved, beyond controversy, to have... | |
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