 | 1739 - 480 strani
...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 strani
...hours " amufement, I would return " to thefe fpeculations, they " appear fo cold, fojirained, and " fo ridiculous, that I cannot •' find in my heart to...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 strani
...hours " amufement, I would return " to thefe fpeculations, they " appear fo cold, fojlrained, and " fo ridiculous, that I cannot '' find in my heart to enter...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 strani
...hours " amufement, I would return to thefe " fpeculations, they appear fo cold, ** fo jlrained, and fo ridiculous, that I " cannot find in my heart to enter...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... | |
 | George Horne - 1786 - 370 strani
...hours " amufement, I would return to thele " fpeculations, they appear fo cold, ** fo ftrained, and fo ridiculous, that I " cannot find in my heart to enter...give me leave to judge, before dinner, of Mr. HUME'S philoiophy, as he judged of * Treatife of Human Nature. I. 467. In the Poftcript to this Letter, a... | |
 | James Beattie (LL.D.) - 1807 - 400 strani
...back-gammon, I converse and am " merry with my friends ; and when, after three or four hours a" musement, I would return to these speculations, they appear...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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 560 strani
...game at backgammon ; I converse, and am happy with my friends ; and when, after three or four hours of amusement, I would return to these speculations, they...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,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1814 - 482 strani
...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 - 582 strani
...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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 706 strani
...friends ; and when, after " three or four hours of amusement, I would return to these specu" lations, they appear so cold, so strained, and so ridiculous,...I " cannot find in my heart to enter into them any further. Here, " then, 1 find myself absolutely and necessarily determined to lire, " 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... 
