| James Beattie - 1776 - 504 pàgines
...conviction." Treati/e of Human Nature, vol. ip 474. f " I dine, I play a game at back-gammon, I con" verfe, and am merry with my friends; and when, " after three or four hours amufement, 1 would return " to thefe fpeculations, they appear fo cold, fo ftrained, *• and... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1777 - 66 pàgines
...differently ; very much fo, indeed. " I dine, fays he, I " play a game at back-gammon, " I converfe, and am merry " with my friends ; and when, " after three or four hours " amufement, I would return " to thefe fpeculations, they " appear fo cold, fojlrained, and "... | |
| David Hume, Adam Smith - 1777 - 138 pàgines
...differently ; very much fo, indeed. " I dine, fays he, I " play a game at back-gammon, " I converfe, and am merry " with my friends ; and when, '' after three or four hours " amufement, I would return " to thefe fpeculations, they " appear fo cold, fojirained, and "... | |
| George Horne - 1786 - 380 pàgines
...differently; very much Co, indeed. ** I dine, fays he, I play a " game at back-gammon, I converfe, " and am merry with my friends ; and " when, after three or four hours " amufement, I would return to thefe " fpeculations, they appear fo cold, ** fo jlrained, and... | |
| Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1807 - 464 pàgines
...this bent 4' of mind, or by some avocation, and lively impression of my senses, which " obliterate all these chimeras. I dine, I play a game of back-gammon,...merry with my friends ; and when, after three or four is the less merit in his conviction and condemnation. However, these orations have all a very great... | |
| James Beattie (LL.D.) - 1807 - 400 pàgines
...his philosophical conviction." Treatise of Human Nature, vol. lp 474. t " I dine, I play a game at 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 so " cold, so strained, and so... | |
| Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pàgines
...the world. But, at other times, he judged very differently. " I dine," says he, " I play a game at backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when, after three or four hours' amusement, I would return to these speculations, they appear so cold, so strained, and so ridiculous,... | |
| Elizabeth Frank - 1814 - 400 pàgines
...the world. But, at other times, he judged very differently. " I dine," says he. " I play a game at backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends ; and when, after three or four hours' amusement, I would return to these speculations, they appear so cold, so strained, and so ridiculous,... | |
| David Hume - 1826 - 508 pàgines
...relaxing this bent of mind, or by some avocation, and lively im- * pression of my senses, which obliterate all these chimeras. I dine, I play a game of backgammon,...merry with my friends ; and when, after three or four hours' amusement, I would return to these speculations, they appear so cold, and strained, and ridiculous,... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 pàgines
...nature herself suffices to that purpose, and cures me of this philosophical melancholy and delirium, either by relaxing this bent of mind, or by some avocation...merry with my friends ; and when, after three or four hours' amusement, I would return to these speculations, they appear so cold and strained and ridiculous,... | |
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