Private Correspondence of David Hume: With Several Distinguished Persons, Between the Years 1761 and 1776Henry Colburn and Company, 1820 - 285 pagina's |
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Pagina 160 - C'est grand dommage; il est fort aimable par ses manières; il est d'un cœur honnête et sensible ; mais ces accès l'éloignent de la société, le remplissent d'humeur, et donnent quelquefois à sa conduite un air de bizarrerie et de violence, qualités qui ne lui sont pas naturelles.
Pagina 285 - Original Letters from Sir Edward Nicholas, private secretary to King Charles I., during some important periods of that reign, with the King's answers...
Pagina 283 - I see death approach gradually, without any anxiety or regret. I salute you with great affection and regard, for the last time.
Pagina 211 - Vous me reprochez de me livrer à d'odieux soupçons : à cela je réponds que je ne nie livre point à des soupçons : peut-être auriez-vous pu, madame, prendre pour vous un peu des leçons que vous me donnez, n'être pas si facile à croire que je croyois si facilement aux trahisons, et vous dire pour moi une partie des choses 'que vous vouliez que je me disse pour M. Hume. Tout ce que vous...
Pagina 285 - Diary comprises observations on the politics, literature, and science of his age, during his travels in France and Italy; his residence in England towards the latter part of the Protectorate, and his connexion with the Courts of Charles II. and the two subsequent reigns, interspersed with a vast number of original anecdotes of the most celebrated persons of that period. To the...
Pagina 142 - Hume, however, caught him in his arms, told him that Mr. Garrick had dismissed another company in order to make room for him, that the king and queen were expecting to see him, and that without a better reason than Sultan's impatience it would be ridiculous to disappoint them.
Pagina 129 - A letter has also come to me open from Guy the bookseller, by which I learn that Mademoiselle sets out post, in company with a friend of mine ; a young gentleman, very good-humoured, very agreeable, and very mad. He visited Rousseau in his mountains, who gave him a recommendation to Paoli, the King of Corsica ; where this gentleman, whose name is Boswell, went last summer, in search of adventures. He has such a rage for literature, that I dread some event fatal to our friend's honour. You remember...
Pagina 174 - ... on that footing. I shall charitably suppose that some infamous calumniator has belied me to you. But, in that case, it is your duty, and, I am persuaded, it will be your inclination, to give me an opportunity of detecting him, and of justifying myself; which can only be done by your mentioning the particulars of which I am accused. You say, that I myself know that I have been...
Pagina 168 - Mar6chal, and I, shall all have reason to complain of him. Was ever any thing in the world so unaccountable ? For the purposes of life and conduct, and society, a little good sense is surely better than all this genius, and a little good humour than this extreme sensibility.
Pagina 125 - However, on this head (added he), in case the offer be made me, I shall consult my father ;" meaning Lord Mareschal. I told this story to General Conway, who seemed to embrace with zeal the notion of giving him a pension, as honourable both to the King and nation. I shall suggest the same idea to other men in power whom I may meet with, and I do not despair of succeeding.