 A catalogue of his vices would comprehend many of the worst qualities incident to human nature ; violence, cruelty, profusion, rapacity, injustice, obstinacy, arrogance, bigotry, presumption, caprice : but neither was he subject to all these vices in...  The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution ... - Page 36by David Hume - 1819Full view - About this book
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...injustice, obstinacy, arrogance, bigotry, prefumption, caprice ; but neither was he Subject to all thefe vices in the moSt extreme degree, nor was he at intervals altogether devoid of virtues. He was fmcere, open, gallant, liberal, and capable at leaft of a temporary friendship... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 482 pages
...delineate this prince's character, would be to mix the most discordant shades in the same picture. He was sincere, open, gallant, liberal, and capable, at least, of a temporary attachment and friendship; yet a catalogue of his crimes would embrace many of the worst qua/lities... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 480 pages
...to human nature: Violence, cruelty, profusion, rapacity, injustice, obstinacy, arrogance, bigotry, presumption, caprice : But neither was he subject...in the most extreme degree, nor was he at intervals • See his will in Fuller, Heylin, and Rymer, p. 110..| There is no reasonable ground to suspect its... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...he subject to all these vices in the most extrejne degree, nor was he at intervals altogether devoid of virtues. He was sincere, open, gallant, liberal,...respect he was unfortunate, that the incidents of 1 is times served to display his faults in their 'nil light ; the treatment he met with from the court... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...to human nature. Violence, cruelty, profusion, rapacity, injustice, obstinacy, arrogance, bigotry, presumption, caprice; but neither was he subject to...extreme degree, nor was he at intervals altogether devoid ot virtues. He was sincere, open, gallant, liberal, and capable at least of a temporary friendship... | |
 | David Hume - 1818 - 1818 - 488 pages
...to human nature : Violence, cruelty, profusion, rapacity, injustice, obstinacy, arrogance, bigotry, presumption, caprice: But neither was he subject to...these vices in the most extreme degree, nor was he the question.* • See his wfll in Fuller, Heylin, and Rynier, p. lib. There is no reasonable ground... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...to human nature. Violence, cruelty, profusion, rapacity, injustice, obstinacy, arrogance, bigotry, h Q I"@ 1824 C....and J. Rivington"# Knox Vicesimus" Vicesimus Knox( devoid of virtues. He was sincere, open, gallant, liberal, and capable at least of a temporary friendship... | |
 | David Hume, John Robinson - Great Britain - 1824 - 568 pages
...violence, cruelly, profusion, rapacity, injustice, obstinacy, arrogance, bigotry, and presumption ; yet, he was sincere, open, gallant, liberal, and capable,...at least of a temporary friendship and attachment. Notwithstanding his cruelty and extortion, he seems to have possessed to the last, in some degree,... | |
 | J. S. Forsyth - Great Britain - 1825 - 430 pages
...beautiful diamond Hume, that at intervals this prince was not altogether destitute of virtue ; that he was sincere, open, gallant, liberal, and capable,...at least, of a temporary friendship and attachment. and vessel in which the solitary damsel is tossed ; but principally for the beautiful interpretation... | |
 | David Hume, John Robinson - Great Britain - 1827 - 546 pages
...violence, cruelty, profusion, rapacity, injustice, obstinacy, arrogance, bigotry, and presumption ; yet, he was sincere, open, gallant, liberal, and capable,...at least, of a temporary friendship and attachment. Notwithstanding his cruelty and extortion, he seems to have possessed to the last, in some degree,... | |
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