| David Hume - 1859 - 228 trang
...was little fitted to acquire general love. Of a feeble temper more than of a frail jndgment: exposed to our ridicule from his vanity; but exempt from our...pronounced of his character, that all his qualities were lullied with weakness and embellished by humanity. Of political courage he certainly was destitute;... | |
| Robert Ross - 1860 - 512 trang
...was little fitted to acquire general love. Of a feeble temper more than of a frail judgment: Exposed to our ridicule from his vanity, but exempt from our...pronounced of his character, that all his qualities were suliied with weakness and embellished by humanity: Of political courage he certainly was destitute,... | |
| David Hume - 1864 - 602 trang
...was little fitted to acquire general love. Of a feeble temper more than of a frail judgment : exposed to our ridicule from his vanity ; but exempt from...pronounced of his character, that all his qualities were sullied with weakness and embellished by humanity. Of political courage he certainly was destitute... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 trang
...was little fitted to acquire general love. Of a 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. D. HUME 3 19. MOHAMMED now perceived the grievous error which he had committed and the prudent foresight... | |
| Herbert Russell Clinton - 1874 - 390 trang
...little fitted to acquirfi general love. Of a feeble temper more than of a frail judgment : exposed to our ridicule from his vanity ; but .exempt from...pronounced of his character, that all his qualities were sullied with weakness and embellished by humanity. Of political courage he certainly was destitute;... | |
| English dictation - 1881 - 156 trang
...little fitted to acquire general love. Of a feeble temper more than of a frail judgment, he is exposed to our ridicule from his vanity, but exempt from our hatred by his freedom, from pride and arrogance. LII. Hardly any device which the ingenuity of man has discovered for ensnaring or destroying wild animals... | |
| David Hume - 1882 - 614 trang
...was little fitted to acquire general love. Of a feeble temper, more than of a frail judgment; exposed to our ridicule from his vanity ; but exempt from...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
...was little fitted to acquire general love. Of a feeble temper more than of a frail judgment : exposed to our ridicule from his vanity ; but exempt from...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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