 ... seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story...  London Review - Page 2041767Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Edmund Burke - 1794 - 610 pages
...would have beerl glad to invent and propagate any (lory to my difadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability....but I hope it is not a mifplaced one ; and this is a natter of faft which is eafily cleared and afcertained. fbt following Sketches art faid to have btcn... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1777 - 584 pages
...would have been glad tp invent and propagate any (lory to my difadvan:age, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability....it is not a mifplaced one; and this is a matter of fad which it ealily cleared and ascertained.' Bv way of onthaiatian of Mr. Hume's account (which carries... | |
 | David Hume, Adam Smith - 1777 - 138 pages
...propagate any ftory to my difadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought MY OWN LIFE. 35 thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot...it is not a mifplaced one; and this is a. matter of fad which is eafily cleared and afcertained. April 18, 1776. D 2 LET LETTER FROM ADAM SMITH, LL.D.... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1777 - 590 pages
...would have been glad to invent and propagate any ftory to my difadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot fay there is no vani:y in making this funeral oration of myfelf, but I hope it is not a mifplaccd one; and this is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1779 - 734 pages
...would have been glad to invent and propagate any ftory to my difad vantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability....matter of fact which is eafily cleared and afcertained. The following Sketches are f aid to have been delineated by the Pen of II In order to make the Group... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 452 pages
...would have been glad to jnvent and propagate any ftory to my difadvantage , but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability....it is not a mifplaced one; and this is a matter of fadt which is eafily cleared and afcertaincd. April is, 1776. sk LETTER FROM ADAM SMITH, L LD T 0 WILLIAM... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 536 pages
...would have been glad to invent and propagate any ftory to my difadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability....myfelf, but I hope it is not a mifplaced one ; and (his is a matter of fact which is eafily cleared and afcertained. l 18, LETTER FROM ADAM SMITH, LL.... | |
 | 1794 - 614 pages
...would have been glad to invent and propagate any ftory to my difadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability....funeral oration of myfelf, but I hope it is not a rnifplaced one ; and this is a matter of fact which is eafily cleared and afcertained. » The following... | |
 | Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 546 pages
...would have been glad to invent and propagate any flory to my difadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability....it is not a mifplaced one ; and this is a matter of facl which is eafily cleared and afcertained." • | . In his literary character, Mr. Hume is to be... | |
 | Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 962 pages
...would have been glad to invent and propagate any Ilory to my difadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot fay there is no vanity in making this fu-, neral oration of myfelf ; but 1 hope it is not a mifplaced one ; and this is a matter of fact... | |
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