 | Mabel E. Wotton - 1887 - 376 páginas
...his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless ; and...was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle - eating alderman than of a refined philosopher. His speech in English was rendered ridiculous... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 576 páginas
...vii. He never mastered French colloquially. Lord Charlemont, who met him in Turin in 1748, says: — 'His speech in English was rendered ridiculous by...his French was, if possible, still more laughable.' Hardy's Charlemont, i. 15. Horace Walpole, who met him in Paris in 1765, writes (Letters, iv. 426)... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 páginas
...vii. He never mastered French colloquially. Lord Charlemont, who met him in Turin in 1748, says:— -' His speech in English was rendered ridiculous by the...accent, and his French was, if possible, still more laughable.1 Hardy!s Charlemont, \. 1 5. Horace Walpole, who met him in Paris in 1765, writes (Letters,... | |
 | Henry Grey Graham - 1901 - 536 páginas
...other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his person was far better fitted to communicate the idea...ridiculous by the broadest Scotch accent, and his French if possible still more laughable. So that wisdom most certainly never disguised herself before in so... | |
 | Frederika Macdonald - 1906 - 440 páginas
...without uny expression but imbecility ; his eyes vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than a rcllned philosopher. Wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb."... | |
 | Henry Grey Graham - 1908 - 441 páginas
...his visage. His face was broad and fat ; his mouth wide and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than of a refined... | |
 | Ernest Campbell Mossner - 2001 - 768 páginas
...his Visage. His Face was broad and fat, his Mouth wide, and without any other Expression than that of Imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the Corpulence of his whole Person was far 1 St Clair to Bedford, 1 1 May 1748, in PRO, SP 8o,18n. * St Clair to Bedford, 9 June 1748, in PRO,... | |
 | Colin Brown, Steve Wilkens, Alan G. Padgett - 1990 - 456 páginas
...official religion. They were not the only ones who did not appreciate Hume. A contemporary observed that "the Corpulence of his whole Person was far better...Idea of a Turtleeating Alderman than of a refined Philosopher."5 However, the same writer went on to excuse Hume's unphilosophical appearance, consoling... | |
 | Robin Fox - 1994 - 452 páginas
...flattering: His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and...his French was, if possible, still more laughable. (McNabb 1951, 9) But this grotesque figure faced a cruel death with great dignity, literary failure... | |
 | Wayne P. Pomerleau - 1997 - 566 páginas
...Hume. . . . His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and...idea of a turtle-eating alderman than of a refined philosopher.14 Hume decided to rework the material in Book I of his Treatise. As he said much later,... | |
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His eyes vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than of a refined philosopher. 
