 | 1846 - 608 pages
...succeeds, I know not with whom he is to live, nor how he is to pass his time in a suitable society. The little company there that is worth conversing...cabal ; so that a man who plays no part in public affiiirs becomes altogether insignificant; and, if he is not rich, he becomes even contemptible. Hence... | |
 | 1846 - 614 pages
...succeeds, I know not with whom he is to live, nor how he is to pass his time in a suitable society. The little company there that is worth conversing...relapsing fast into the deepest stupidity and ignorance.' — vol. ii. p. 268. Thus wrote David Hume of London in 1765 — exactly in the most flourishing aera... | |
 | John Hill Burton, David Hume - 1846 - 556 pages
...succeeds, I know not with whom he is to live, nor how he is to pass his time in a suitable society. The little company there that is worth conversing...relapsing fast into the deepest stupidity and ignorance. But, in Paris, a man that distinguishes himself in letters, meets immediately with regard and attention.... | |
 | 1846 - 636 pages
...worth 260 BURTON S MEMOIRS OF DAVID HUME. conversing with, are cold and unsociable ; or are »armed only by faction and cabal ; so that a man who plays...fast into the deepest stupidity and ignorance."— Vol. ii., p. 268. Thus wrote David Hume of London ifl"'1765 — exactly in the most flourishing œra... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...only hy faction and cabal ; ко that a man who plays no part in public affiirs becomes altogeiher insignificant; and, if he is not rich, he becomes...relapsing fast into the deepest stupidity and ignorance. But, in Paris, a man that distinguishes himself in letters, meets immediately wilh regard anil attention.... | |
 | 1846 - 604 pages
...succeeds, I know not with whom he is to live, nor how he is to pass his time in a suitable society. The little company there that is worth conversing with, are cold and unsociable ; or arc wanned only by faction and cabal ; so that a man who plays no part in public affairs becomes altogether... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...succeeds, I know not with whom he is to live, ' nor how he is to pass his time in a suitable society. The ' little company there, that is worth conversing...if he is not rich, ' he becomes even contemptible. But in Paris a man that ' distinguishes himself in letters, meets immediately with ' regard and attention.'... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...succeeds, I know not with whom he is to live, ' nor how he is to pass his time in a suitable society. The ' little company there, that is worth conversing...if he is not rich, ' he becomes even contemptible. But in Paris a man that ' distinguishes himself in letters, meets immediately with ' regard and attention.'... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 1294 pages
...succeeds, I know not with whom he is to live, ' nor how he is to pass his time in a suitable society. The ' little company there, that is worth conversing...if he is not rich, ' he becomes even contemptible. But in Paris a man that ' distinguishes himself in letters, meets immediately with ' regard and attention.'... | |
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If a man have the misfortune, in the former place, to attach himself to letters, even if he succeeds, I know not with whom he is to live, nor how he is to pass his time in a suitable society. The little company there that is worth conversing with, are... 
