 | David Hume - 1882 - 614 trang
...feeble temper, more than of a frail judgment; exposed to our ridicule from his vanity ; but exempt from our hatred by his freedom from pride and arrogance....pronounced of his character, that all his qualities were Bullied with weakness and embellished by humanity. Of political courage he certainly was destitute... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1889 - 396 trang
...matter to give a good summary of this king's character, though we may smile at Hume's, who says: — ' Upon the whole it may be pronounced of his character that all his qualities were sullied with weakness, and embellished by humanity.' Of his inner and everyday life no better account... | |
 | John Bennett Black - 1926 - 220 trang
...feeble temper more than of a frail judgment : exposed to our ridicule from his vanity ; but exempt from our hatred by his freedom from pride and arrogance....pronounced of his character, that all his qualities were sullied by weakness and embellished by humanity." How much nearer are we brought by this epigrammatic... | |
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Of a feeble temper more than of a frugal judgment ; exposed to our ridicule from his vanity, but exempt from our hatred by his freedom from pride and arrogance. And, upon the whole, it may be pronounced of his character, that all his qualities were sullied... 
