 He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with which he had .been occupied from his youth, and the variety of materials which his own invention continually...  A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen - Page 290by Thomas Thomson - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1834 - 730 pages
...business of active life. His habitual abstraction of thought rendered him inattentive to common objects; and he frequently exhibited instances of absence, which have scarcely been surpassed by the fancy of Addison or La Bruyère. It is related of him, that, whilst conducting his patron, Charles Townshend,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1835 - 486 pages
...public eye. He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with...materials which his own invention continually supplied tg his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects, and to common occurrences;... | |
 | 1835 - 492 pages
...public eye. He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with...youth, and the variety of materials which his own inventions continually supplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects... | |
 | 1836 - 300 pages
...with which he had been occupied from his youth, and the variety of materials which his own inventions continually supplied to his thoughts, rendered him...he frequently exhibited instances of absence which had scarcely been surpassed by the fancy of La Bruyere. Even in company he was apt to be engrossed... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1836 - 296 pages
...public eye. He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with...youth, and the variety of materials which his own inventions continually supplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects... | |
 | 1838 - 604 pages
...with which he had been occupied from his youth, and the variety of materials which his own inventions continually supplied to his thoughts, rendered him...he frequently exhibited instances of absence which had scarcely been surpassed by the fancy of La Bruyere. Even in company he was apt to be engrossed... | |
 | Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 pages
...public eye. He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with...youth, and the variety of materials which his own inventions continually supplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 538 pages
...public eye. He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with...youth, and the variety of materials which his own inventions continually supplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects... | |
 | Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart - 1853 - 622 pages
...public eye. He was certainly not fitted tor the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with...which have scarcely been surpassed by the fancy of La Bruyere. Even in company, he was apt to be engrossed with his studies ; and appeared, at times, by... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1853 - 676 pages
...the public. He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with...which have scarcely been surpassed by the fancy of LaBruyere. Evenincompany he was apt to be engrossed with his studies ; and appeared, at times, by the... | |
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