Memoirs of the Life of Sir James Mackintosh, Tom 1E. Moxon, 1836 |
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... practical one of politics , and the foundation of opinions upon which that science reclines , were laid bare in arenas that might be said to be open to all . A very short time had accordingly elapsed after his arrival in London , before ...
... practical one of politics , and the foundation of opinions upon which that science reclines , were laid bare in arenas that might be said to be open to all . A very short time had accordingly elapsed after his arrival in London , before ...
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... practical understanding speedily gained an useful influence over his kind and yielding nature - an influence which she never lost , and which , to the last , she attempted to employ for his benefit and that of their children . The ...
... practical understanding speedily gained an useful influence over his kind and yielding nature - an influence which she never lost , and which , to the last , she attempted to employ for his benefit and that of their children . The ...
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... of the most celebrated writers of modern ages occupy different portions of it . Machiavel , in his Discourses on Livy , blends the philosophy of history with maxims of practical policy . In his " Prince , " which is 72 [ 1791 . LIFE OF THE.
... of the most celebrated writers of modern ages occupy different portions of it . Machiavel , in his Discourses on Livy , blends the philosophy of history with maxims of practical policy . In his " Prince , " which is 72 [ 1791 . LIFE OF THE.
Strona 73
... , he habitually contemplated their practical aspect . In legal discussions , which peculiarly require a logical under- standing , he considered the spirit and tendency of measures 1791. ] 73 RIGHT HON . SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH .
... , he habitually contemplated their practical aspect . In legal discussions , which peculiarly require a logical under- standing , he considered the spirit and tendency of measures 1791. ] 73 RIGHT HON . SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH .
Strona 74
... practical policy . It is this practical character which distinguishes him among those who have risen above details . The true foundation of his fame is , that he was one of the greatest teachers of civil prudence . This superiority has ...
... practical policy . It is this practical character which distinguishes him among those who have risen above details . The true foundation of his fame is , that he was one of the greatest teachers of civil prudence . This superiority has ...
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Strona 119 - ... if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other?
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Strona 455 - Light of Nature' is a work which, after much consideration, I think myself authorized to call the most original and profound that has ever appeared on moral philosophy.
Strona 323 - Every where natural, he carried into public something of that simple and negligent exterior which belonged to him in private. When he began to speak, a common observer might have thought him...
Strona 155 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Strona 253 - Perhaps, my good friend, you have fallen into this error of superior natures. From this error has, I think, arisen that calamity with which it has pleased Providence to visit you, which to a mind less fortified by reason and religion...
Strona 86 - In Michaelmas Term, 1795, accordingly, he was called to the Bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn, and attached himself to the home circuit. He at the same time removed from a house in Charlotte Street, Portland Place, which had been his residence for some time, to what he calls, in a note of invitation to the late Mr. Canning, " his blackletter neighbourhood," and took a house in Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn.
Strona 120 - Pentateuch ; and let any man, if he is able, tell me in what important respects the rule of life has varied since that distant period. Let the Institutes of Menu be explored with the same view; we shall arrive at the same conclusion. Let the books of false religion be opened; it will be found that their moral system is, in all its grand features, the same.
Strona 115 - But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been; a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action.
Strona 324 - I admired (says Mr. Gibbon), the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child: no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood.