 | 1767 - 572 pages
...turn of mind which it is more happy to poflefs, than to be born to an dime of ten thoufand a year f. " In 1751, I removed from the country to the town, the true fcene for a man of letters. In 1752, were publifhed at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my Political... | |
 | David Hume, Adam Smith - Philosophers - 1777 - 138 pages
...things ; a turn of mind which it is more happy to poflefs, than to be born to an eftate of ten thoufaud a year. In 1751* I removed from the country to the town, the true fcene for a man of letters. In 1752, were publifhed at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my Political... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 734 pages
...I found, by Dr. Warburton's railing, that the books were beginning to be efteemed in good company. In 1751, I removed from the Country to the town, the true fcene for a man of letters. In 1752, were publiflied at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my Political... | |
 | English literature - 1777 - 750 pages
...turn of mind which it ¡9 more happy to pofil-fs, than to be born to an eftate of ten thoufand a-year. In 1751, I removed from the country to the town, the true fcene for a man of fettm. in 175» wcre publifhed, at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my PoLt'cal Difixiurfes,... | |
 | History - 1794 - 614 pages
...I found, by Dr. Warburton's railing, that the books were beginning to be efteemed in good company. '-In 1751. I removed from the country to the town, the true fcene for a man of letters. In 1752, were publiflied at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my Political... | |
 | History - 1805 - 608 pages
...I found, by Dr. Warburton's railing, that the books were beginning to be esteemed in good company. In 1751, I removed from the country to the town, the true scene for a man of letters. In 1752, were published at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my Political Discourses, the only work of mine... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 540 pages
...the favourable than unfavourable side of things; a turn of mind which it is more happy to possess, than to be born to an estate of ten thousand a year....the town, the true scene for a man of letters. In 1752 were published at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my Political Discourses, the only work of mine... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 522 pages
...the favourable than unfavourable side of things ; a turn of mind which it is more happy to possess, than to be born to an estate of ten thousand a year....the town, the true scene for a man of letters. In 1752 were published at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my Political Discourses, the only work of mine... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett - England - 1825 - 480 pages
...things ; a turn of mind which it is more happy to possess, than to be born to an estate of 10,000/. a year. In 1751, I removed from the country to the town, the true scene for a man of letters. In 1752 were published at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my Political Discourses, the only work of mine... | |
 | David Hume - Enlightenment - 1826 - 289 pages
...favourable than the unfavourable side of things; a turn of mind which it is more happy to possess, than to be born to an estate of ten thousand a year....were published at Edinburgh, where I then lived, my " Politicar Discourses," the only work of mine that was successful on the first publication. It was... | |
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I was ever more disposed to see the favourable than unfavourable side of things; a turn of mind which it is more happy to possess, than to be born to an estate of ten thousand a year. In 1751, I removed from the country to the town, the true scene for... 
