 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1777 - 584 էջ
...even thofe who were tht objefts of it. To kit friends, who were frequently the objects of it, ^tere was not perhaps any one of all his great and amiable...converfation. And that gaiety of temper, fo agreeable in focicty, bat which is fo often accompanied with frivolous and fuperficial qualities, was in him certainly... | |
 | David Hume, Adam Smith - 1777 - 138 էջ
...raillery to mortify; and therefore, far from, offending, it feldom failed to pleafe and delight, even thofe -who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were frequently the obje&s of it, there was not perhaps any one of all his great and amiable qualities, which contributed... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 452 էջ
...raillery to mortify; and therefore, far from offending, it feldom failed to pleafe and delight, even thofe who were the objects of it. To his friends,...it, there was not perhaps any one of all his great arid amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his converfation. And that gaiety of temper,... | |
 | 1777 - 750 էջ
...Black. DIAR SIR, | Yefttrdav, about four o'clock after ing, it feldom failed to pleafe and delight even thofe who were the objects of it. To his friends,...objects of it, there was not, perhaps, any one of all hie great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his converfation ; and that gaiety... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1805 - 394 էջ
...without even the flighteft tincture of malignity, fo frequently the difagreeable fource of what is oiled WIT in other men. It never was the meaning of his...of temper fo agreeable in fociety, but which is fo ofien accompanied with frivolous and fuperficial qualities, was in him certainly attended with the... | |
 | 1809 - 612 էջ
...to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight, even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were...objects of it, there was not perhaps, any one of all hi«. great and amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett - 1825 - 480 էջ
...raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were...amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper so agreeable in society, but which is so often accompanied... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 508 էջ
...to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight, even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were...amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is so often accompanied... | |
 | William Draper - 1830 - 44 էջ
...mortify, and therefore far from offendC 2 20 ing, it seldom failed to please and delight even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were frequently the objects of it, there was not any one, perhaps, of all his great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation.... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 458 էջ
...to mortify ; and, therefere, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight, even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were...amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gayety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is often accompanied with... | |
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... modesty, and without even the slightest tincture of malignity, so frequently- the disagreeable source of what is called wit in other men. It never was the meaning of his raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to... 
