| James Ferguson - 1819 - 328 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 - 1834 - 394 sivua
...best panegyric. He tells us that he read the manuscript to Dr. Smith, who declared he did not find a syllable to object to ; but added, with his characteristic...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... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 402 sivua
...seemed to justify the last words of the tale, ' that there were moments when the philosopher recalled lo his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche,...the intoxication of fame, and to the bewitchment of prohihited opinions, it must be unaccountable, that he who revered benevolence should, without apparent... | |
| Noah Webster - 1835 - 270 sivua
...when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he called to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted. CHAPTER XV. FUNERAL OF GENERAL FRASER, NEAR SARATOGA, — RE'LATED BY GENERAL BURGOSNE. 1. About sunset,... | |
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