 | 1739 - 480 pages
...Hours u Amufement, I would return to thefe Speculations, *« they appear fo cold, and ftrain'd, and ridiculous, '" that I cannot find in my Heart to enter into " them any farther. — I am ready to throw all my «c Books and Papers into the Fire, and refolve never " more to renounce... | |
 | David Hume, Adam Smith - 1777 - 138 pages
...four hours " amufement, I would return " to thefe fpeculations, they " appear fo cold, fojirained, and " fo ridiculous, that I cannot •' find in my...give me leave to judge, before dinner, of Mr. HUME'S philofophy, as he judged of it after dinner, we fliall have no farther difpute upon that fubjeft. Only... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1777 - 66 pages
...four hours " amufement, I would return " to thefe fpeculations, they " appear fo cold, fojlrained, and " fo ridiculous, that I cannot '' find in my heart...give me leave to judge, before dinner, of Mr. HUME'S philofophy, as he judged of it after dinner, we fhall have no farther difpute upon that fubjecT:. I... | |
 | George Horne - 1786 - 380 pages
...four hours " amufement, I would return to thefe " fpeculations, they appear fo cold, ** fo jlrained, and fo ridiculous, that I " cannot find in my heart...give me leave to judge, before dinner, of Mr. HUME'S philofophy, as he judged of * freatife of Human Nature. I. 467. In the Poftcript to this Letter, a... | |
 | James Beattie (LL.D.) - 1807 - 400 pages
...hours a" musement, I would return to these speculations, they appear so " cold, so strained, and so ridiculous that I cannot find in my heart " to enter into them any further. Here then I find myself abso" lutely and necessarily determined to live, and talk, and act... | |
 | Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pages
...to these speculations, they appear so cold, so strained, and so ridiculous, that I cannot find ili my heart to enter into them any farther." Now, sir,...give me leave to judge, before dinner, of Mr. Hume's philosophy, as he judged of it after dinner, we shall have no farther dispute upon that subject. I... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1814 - 400 pages
...to these speculations, they appear so cold, so strained, and so ridiculous, that I cannot find inMny heart to enter into them any farther." Now, sir, if...give me leave to judge, before dinner, of Mr. Hume's philosophy, as he judged of it after dinner, we shall have no farther dispute upon that subject. I... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1814 - 482 pages
...four hours amusement, " I would return to these speculations, they appear so cold " and strained and ridiculous, that I cannot find in my heart •" to enter into them any farther." — Treatise qf Human, Nature, vol. ip 457. ft tcq. .BOO>KL, impudent and open in his robberies, that... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 560 pages
...hours of amusement, I would return to these speculations, they appear so cold, so strained, and so ridiculous, that I cannot find in my heart to enter into them any further. Here, then, I find myself absolutely and necessarily determined to live, and talk, and act,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 pages
...amusement, I would return to these " speculations, they appear so cold, so strained, and so ridi" culous, that I cannot find in my heart to enter into them any " further. Here, then, I find myself absolutely and necessa" rily determined fo live, and talk, and... | |
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I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when after three or four hours... 
