 ... rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it really existing: so happily were all his virtues tempered together; so justly were they blended; and so powerfully did each prevent the other from exceeding its proper boundaries.  The Magnolia, Or, Literary Tablet - Page 3441834Full view - About this book
 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 pages
...under the denomination of a fage | Hume's Hid. 4i0. vol. ip «j. fage or wife man, the philofophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever feeing it reduced to practice: fo happily were all his virtues tempered together; fojuftly... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 452 pages
...model of that perfect character , which , under the denomination of a fage or wife man, philofophers have been fond of delineating , rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever feeing it reallv exifting: So happily were all his virtues tempered together; fo juftly... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 536 pages
...model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a fage or j wife man, philofophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever feeing it really exifting: So happily were all his virtues tempered together; fojuftly... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...model of that perfect character, whichr under the denomination of a fage or wife man, the philofophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever feeing k reduced to practice: fo happily were all his virtues. tempered together, fojuftly... | |
 | 436 pages
...model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a Sage or Wife Man, Philofophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever feeing it really exiiiing.' With what delight dp we contemplate the benevolent and equitable... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a fage or wife man, the philosophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever feeing it reduced to practice : fo happily were all his virtues tempered together ; fo... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage or wise man, the philosophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it reduced to practice. So happily were all his virtues tempered together ; so... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...us. He seems, indeed, to be the model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage, or wise man, philosophers have been fond of...rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it really existing : so happily were all his virtues tempered together; so justly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage or wise man, ihe philosophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it reduced to practice : so happily were all his virtues tempered together ; so... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage or wise man, the philosophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it reduced to practice ; so happily were all his virtues tempered together ; so... | |
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