 | David Hume - 1775 - 442 pagina’s
...Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured ftrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...towards liberty. And if his political prudence was not fuffieiem to extricate him from fo perilous a fituation, he may be excufed ; fince, even after the... | |
 | 1783 - 458 pagina’s
...'It was his misfortune to live in a time, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured ftrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty ; and even now, it is difficult to determine what conduct, in his circumftances, could have maintained the... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 424 pagina’s
...Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period, when the precedents of many former reigns favored ftrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...even after the event, when it is commonly eafy to correct all errors , one is at a lofs to determine what conduct, in his circumftances , could have... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 560 pagina’s
...Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns favoured ftrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...fince, even after the event, when it is commonly eafy tc correct all errors, one is at a lofs to determine what conduct, in his circumftances, could have... | |
 | 1792 - 494 pagina’s
...Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when die precedents of many former reigns favoured ftrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...prudence was not fufficient to extricate him from (b perilous a fituation, he may be exculcd ; fince, even after the event, when it a commonlv eafv to... | |
 | Andrew Brown (of Glasgow.) - 1795 - 242 pagina’s
...former reigns favoured ftrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently toward liberty. And, if his political prudence was not fufficient to extricate him fromlb perilous a fituation, he may be excufed ; fmce, even after the event, when it is commonly eafy... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pagina’s
...Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured fhongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...towards liberty. And if his political prudence was not fuffkient to extricate him from fo perilous a fituation, !»• may be excnfed ; Cnce, even after the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pagina’s
...Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured ft; ongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...towards liberty. And if his political prudence was not fafficient to extricate him from fo perilous a fituation, he may be excufcd ; fmce, even after the... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 544 pagina’s
...Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured strongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...towards liberty. And if his political prudence was not sufficient to extricate him from so perilous a situation, he may be excused ; since even after the... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 444 pagina’s
...Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured strongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...towards liberty. And if his political prudence was not sufficient to extricate him from so perilous a situation, he may be excused ; since even after the... | |
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Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured strongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty. 
