...David Hume, 1770' The candour of Dr Robertson embraced his disciple: a letter from Mr Hume over paid the labour of ten years; but I have never presumed...a place in the triumvirate of British historians. Edward Gibbon, 1 789-9 1.2 It is desirable to return for a moment to the perspectives of biography....

...longer expected any valuable production ever to come from them. Gibbon's comment was that the letter 'overpaid the labour of ten years; but I have never...presumed to accept a place in the triumvirate of British historians'.23 'Send us our boobies again' The comparison with Ireland is revealing. After Aughrim,...

...especially gratified by the favorable reception of his peers, Robertson and Hume, even though he claims that "I have never presumed to accept a place in the triumvirate of British historians" (157—58). With the triumphant success of his first volume, Gibbon reaches the climax of his narrative....

...Hanoverian kingdoms . . . this is the historical age and this the historical nation. David Hume, 17701 The candour of Dr Robertson embraced his disciple: a letter from Mr Hume over paid the labour often years; but I have never presumed to accept a place in the triumvirate of...

...be taken together as illustrating this point. The first is found in Gibbon's autobiography and runs: The candour of Dr Robertson embraced his disciple;...overpaid the labour of ten years; but I have never aspired to a place in the triumvirate of British historians.1 The second, probably written earlier,...

...productive of those warm sensibilities which, at a second meeting, can no longer be rekindled. If I listened to the music of praise, I was more seriously...of my Judges. The candour of Dr. Robertson embraced bis disciple ; a letter from Mr. Hume 80 overpaid the labour of M That curious and original letter...

...exhausted in a few days. The work had been warmly welcomed by the leading historians of the day. ' The candour of Dr Robertson embraced his disciple....letter from Mr Hume overpaid the labour of ten years '2. On the publication of the second and third volumes (1781), ending with the fall of the Western...

...was exhausted in a few days. The work had been warmly welcomed by the leading historians of the day. 'The candour of Dr Robertson embraced his disciple....letter from Mr Hume overpaid the labour of ten years '2. On the publication of the second and third volumes (1781), ending with the fall of the Western...

...is productive of those warm sensibilities which at a second meeting can no longer be rekindled. If I listened to the music of praise, I was more seriously satisfied with the approbation of my judges. The candor of Dr. Robertson embraced his disciple. A letter from Mr. Hume overpaid the labor of ten years...