 Advocates chose me their Librarian, an office from which I received little or no emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library. I then formed the plan of writing the History of England...  London Review - Page 2011767Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Edmund Burke - 1794 - 610 pages
...emolument, but which gave me the command of a large Jibraly. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England ; but being frightened with the notion, of continuing a narrative thtougb. a period ot 1700 years, S I commenced with the acceffioa of the I Joule of Stuart, an epoch... | |
 | David Hume, Adam Smith - 1777 - 138 pages
...emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England ; but being frightened with the notion...an epoch when, I thought, the mifreprefentations of faction beG gan gan chiefly to take place. I was, I own, fanguine in my expectations of the fuccefs... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1777 - 590 pages
...emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England ; but being frightened with the notion...through a period of 1700 years, I commenced with the acceflion of the Houfe of Stuart, an epoch when, I thought,'the mifreprefentations of faftion began... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1777 - 584 pages
...emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England ; but being frightened with the notion...narrative through a period of 1700 years, I commenced with theacccffion of the Houfe of Stuart, an epoch when, I thought, the mifreprefentadons of faction began... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1779 - 734 pages
...emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library. I then formed the plan of writing t)A tiiftory of England; but being frightened with the notion of...through a period of 1700 years, I commenced with the acctffion of the Houfe of Stuart, an epoch when, I thought, the mifreprefentations of faction began... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 536 pages
...emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England; but being frightened with the notion of...an epoch when I thought the mifreprefentations of faction began chiefly to take place. I was, I own, fanguine in my expectations of the fuccefs of this... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 452 pages
...emolument, but which gave me the command of a large library. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England ; but being frightened with the notion...through a period of 1700 years, I commenced with the acceflion of the Houfe of Stuart , an epoch when, I thought, the mifreprefentations of faction began... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1789 - 742 pages
...with the acceffion of the houfe of Stuart ; but Hume tells us, in his life, that this was owing to his being " frightened with the notion of. continuing a narrative through a period of feven hundred years." M. SOULAVIE intends to divide his Hiftory into five periods, which will be determined,... | |
 | 1789 - 746 pages
...with the acceffion of the houfe of Stuart; but Hume tells us, in his life, that this was owing to his being " frightened with the notion of continuing a narrative through a period of feven hundred years." M. SOULAVIE intends to divide his Hiftory into five periods, which will be determined,... | |
 | 1777 - 750 pages
...the command of a Lrge library. I then formed the plan of writing the Hiftory of England ; but beinp frightened with the notion of continuing a narrative through a period of 1 7 со уелгэ, I coinmenrc-d with the arccáioú uf the houfi uf Stuart ; an epoch when, I thought,... | |
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