The Quarterly Review, Volume 73John Murray, 1843 |
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Page 551
... Hume's general information , his apparent mild- ness and good temper , his gentlemanlike flow of language when he was not provoked , his conversational powers , and the general tendency of his moral and philosophical essays , gained him ...
... Hume's general information , his apparent mild- ness and good temper , his gentlemanlike flow of language when he was not provoked , his conversational powers , and the general tendency of his moral and philosophical essays , gained him ...
Page 555
... Hume borrowed not only the arrangement of events but the structure of his expressions , giving , however , the colour of his own thought and style to the narration , and occasionally verifying Carte's statement by referring to his ...
... Hume borrowed not only the arrangement of events but the structure of his expressions , giving , however , the colour of his own thought and style to the narration , and occasionally verifying Carte's statement by referring to his ...
Page 558
... Hume could commit any palpable blunder in the main facts of his history ; but he abso- lutely teems with all the errors which can be committed by talent , when endeavouring to disguise ignorance by putting on the airs of knowledge . Hume's ...
... Hume could commit any palpable blunder in the main facts of his history ; but he abso- lutely teems with all the errors which can be committed by talent , when endeavouring to disguise ignorance by putting on the airs of knowledge . Hume's ...
Contents
Vaudois 1842 | 3 |
A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the late William | 27 |
Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of Ame | 113 |
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