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" Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. "
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 18
by James Boswell - 1807 - 460 pages
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Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever ..., Part 1

Joseph Priestley - 1787 - 602 pages
...clafs. (though Dr. Smith confiders Mr. Hume as " approaching as " nearly to the idea of a perfectly wife and •" virtuous man as perhaps the nature of " human frailty will permit") his character muft have been as imperfect as his views , (looking (looking to nothing beyond the grave)...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 1

David Hume - 1789 - 454 pages
...the mod comprehenfive. Upon the whole, I have always confidered him, both in his lifetime and fmce his death , as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wife and virtuous man , as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. ' i I ever am, dear Sir,...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 1

David Hume - 1789 - 536 pages
...the moft comprehenfive. Upon the whole, I have always confidered him, both in his lifetime and fince his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wife and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. I ever am, dear Sir, Moft...
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A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians ...

William Wilberforce - 1798 - 546 pages
...in his life-time *' and fmce his death, as approaching as nearly " to the idea of a perfectly wife and virtuous " man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty " will permit ?" CAN there then be a doubt, whither tends the path in which we are travelling, and whither at length...
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Solitude. Or the Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the ..., Volume 2

Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1799 - 390 pages
...moft comprehenfive. Upon the whole, I have always confidered him, both in his life-time, and fince his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wife and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." the refignation of his...
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Poems

George Dyer - 1801 - 366 pages
...life-time, and fince his death, as approach" ing as nearly as poffible to the idea of a perfectly wife and ** virtuous man, as, perhaps the nature of human frailty will " permit.'" L'-:. '.. A . ODE X. .A GLEE, SUNG AT THE SOMERSET-HOUSE LODGE OF FREEMASONS. / Printed in feveral...
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Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness ...

Ely Bates - 1804 - 422 pages
...declared, that " both in the lifetime, and since the death, of his friend, he had always considered him as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit -f-." That I here do no injustice to this canonized * See las Life by himself, f Smith's Letter to...
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General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most ..., Volume 5

John Aikin - 1804 - 666 pages
...Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as aproaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." This is a portrait drawn by a friend, yet it does not appear to deviate materially from the truth....
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Solitude, Volume 2

Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1805 - 394 pages
...both in his life-time, and fincehis death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wife and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." the refignation of his temper, as clearly as his other works demonftrate the power and extent of his...
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Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness ...

Ely Bates - 1807 - 426 pages
...declared, that " both in the lifetime, 'and since the death, of his friend, he had always considered him as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit-f-." That I here do no injustice to this canonized philosopher, in venturing thus to assign...
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