 | 1808 - 556 pagine
...letter to Mr Laing, he says, He was an excellent man, and of great powers of mind ; but his partiality to kings and princes is intolerable. Nay, it is, in...than the opinion, right or wrong, of a philosopher. ' home, to fortify those orders with all that reason and even prejudice could supply for their security,... | |
 | George Rose - 1809 - 440 pagine
...the following words : " He was an excellent man, " and of great power of mind ; but his partiality to " kings and princes is intolerable : Nay, it is,...than the opinion, right " or wrong, of a philosopher (d)" That Mr. Hume had prejudices I do not mean to dispute ; but they were the prejudices of system,... | |
 | 1809 - 1162 pagine
...(Hume) " too tenderly. He was an excel " lent man, and of great powers of " mind, bet his partiality to kings " and princes is intolerable. Nay, ' ' it is, in my opinion, quite ridicu' ' Joue, and is more like the foolish " admiration which women and • ' children sometimes... | |
 | 1811 - 550 pagine
...in the following words : ' He was an excellent man, and of great power of mind, but his partiality to kings and princes is intolerable ; nay, it is in...than the opinion, right or wrong, of a philosopher.' " Now, certainly, this character of Hume by Mr. Fox is not found in Mr. Fox's historical work, but... | |
 | Samuel Heywood - 1811 - 536 pagine
...great pow-er tof mind, but his parti" ality to Kings and Princes is intolerable ; nay, it is in nay " opinion quite ridiculous, and is more like the foolish*...the opinion, right or wrong, of a philosopher*.'" Mr. Rose is somewhat unfortunate in this apology, for this character of Mr. Hume is found, not in Mr.... | |
 | William Magee - 1812 - 564 pagine
...display, in Hume's History, of his " partiality to kings and princes, as intolerable. Nay (he adds) it is, in my opinion quite ridiculous; and is more...than the opinion, right or wrong of a philosopher." — And a set of writers, whose national partialities would not indispose them to Hume, agree fully... | |
 | 1808 - 1158 pagine
...treat him (Hume) too tenderly. He was an excellent man, and of great powers of mind, but his partiality to kings and princes is intolerable. Nay, it is, in...philosopher. " I wanted no conviction on the point of Ossianj but if I had, you afforded abundance. " Whether your book, coming out at a period when the... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1838 - 660 pagine
...here says of Hume: — "He was an excellent man, and of great power of mind, but his partiality for kings and princes is intolerable; nay, it is in my...than the opinion, right or wrong, of a philosopher."* Let the reader judge from this criticism of the impartiality and clearness from prejudice in him who... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pagine
...to Mr. Laing, he says, " He was an excellent man, and of great powers of mind ; but his partiality to kings and princes is intolerable : nay, it is,...than the opinion, right or wrong, of a philosopher." out of view the utter impossibility of securing the persons and properties of individuals in any other... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 790 pagine
...to Mr. Laing, he says, " He was an excellent man, and of great powers of mind ; but his partiality to kings and princes is intolerable : nay, it is,...than the opinion, right or wrong, of a philosopher." out of view the utter impossibility of securing the persons and properties of individuals in any other... | |
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He was an excellent man, and of great powers of mind ; but his partiality to kings and princes is intolerable. Nay, it is, in my opinion, quite ridiculous ; and is more like the foolish admiration which women and children sometimes have for kings, than... 
