 | 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 were... | |
 | David Hume - 1775 - 424 pages
...monarch or citizen, which the annals of any age or any nation, can prefent to us. He feems indeed to be the model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a fage or wife man, the philofophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fi&ion of their imagination,... | |
 | 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 were they... | |
 | 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 were... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 452 pages
...monarch or citizen, which the annals of any age or any nation can prefent to us. He feems indeed to be the 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,... | |
 | 436 pages
...next day. Hume, in a few words, gives this rare panegyric of Alfred : that ' he feems indeed to be the 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... | |
 | 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 juftly... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 550 pages
...modern times. He seems indeed, as is observed by an elegant and profound historian84, to be the complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage, or truly wise man, philosophers have been so fond of delineating without the hopes of ever seeing it realized.... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...citizen which the annals of any age or nation can present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the 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... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...Monarch or Citizen, which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the model of that perfect character, which, under...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... | |
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The merit of this prince, both in private and public life, may with advantage be set in opposition to that of any monarch or citizen which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the model of that perfect character,... 
