s heart was smitten ; and I have heard him, long after, confess that there were moments when the remembrance overcame him even to weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his... Miscellaneous Works of Sir James Mackintoch - Seite 139von Sir James Mackintosh - 1871 - 596 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 290 Seiten
...weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted. ' THE STORY or NANCY COLLINS. (From the Mirror.) .A s I walked one evening, about a fortnight ago,... | |
| James Ferguson - 1819 - 328 Seiten
...weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted. Z. 45. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1779. Is he a man of fashion? is the usual question on the appearance of a... | |
| 1822 - 326 Seiten
...weakness; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted. Z. No. 45. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1779. Is he a ma» of fashion? is the usual question on the appearance... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 334 Seiten
...weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted.' — Z. N° 45. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1779. Is lie a man of fashion ? is the. usual question on the appearance... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 762 Seiten
...weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted. Z No. 45. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1779. Is he a man of fashion? is the usual question on the appearance of... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 Seiten
...amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to hit mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted.'— Z. N° 45. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1779. Is he a man of fashion ? is the usual question on the appearance... | |
| Ambrose Marten - 1826 - 926 Seiten
...weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted. AN OLD WOMAN'S STORY. O slippery state of things. What sudden tnrm. What strange vicissitudes in the... | |
| 1827 - 446 Seiten
...weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted. N2 SIR WALTER SCOTT. IN bestowing unqualified praise on the English for the respect in which men of... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - 1832 - 340 Seiten
...sanctioned by the most natural of all testimonies. Mr Mackenzie indulges his own religious feelings by modestly intimating, that Dr Smith's answer seemed...to justify the last words of the tale, "that there * See Notes and Illustrations, note I'f Mirror, Nos. 42, 43, 44. \ MACKXKZII'I Life of John Home, p.... | |
| sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 Seiten
...sanctioned by the most natural of all testimonies. Mr. Mackenzie indulges his own religious feelings by modestly intimating that Dr. Smith's answer seemed...of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubled.' To those who are strangers to the seductions of paradox, to the intoxication of fame, and... | |
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