 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
 | Adam Smith - 1884 - 604 pages
...been always subjected to the closest and most judicial scrutiny, and yet his biographer writes : " The comprehensive speculations with which he had been...scarcely been surpassed by the fancy of La Bruyère The opinions he formed of men, upon slight acquaintance, were frequently erroneous, but the tendency... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1884 - 524 pages
...he had been occupied from his youth, and the variety of materials which his own invention constantly supplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually...inattentive to familiar objects and to common occurrences ; nnd ho frequently exhibited instances of absence, which have scarcely been surpassed by the fancy... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1890 - 536 pages
...he had been occupied from his youth, and the variety of materials which his own invention constantly supplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually...scarcely been surpassed by the fancy of La Bruyère." Stewart's Biographical Memoirs, p. lio. See also Ramsay's Reminiscences, nth edit., Edinb. 1859, p.... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1901 - 702 pages
...1S11, 4to. ") „He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or fur the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with...and the variety of materials which his own invention constantly supplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects and to... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 pages
...the public eye. He wascertainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business 0k1kmQ j}w~w w w/ 0 ) t f'm^vCw+i q q q1t2t3t> v _ v w w w}f w w w w...wj<k< uJr w v[H\H X m wpwqw p w jqu]W]Kftgt tDn F v v Bruyere. Even in company, he was apt to be ingrossed with his studies ; and appeared, at times, by... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1822 - 350 pages
...the general commerce of the world, or for the bufmefs of a£tive life. The comprehenfive fpeculations with which he had been occupied from his youth, and...variety of materials which his own invention continually (applied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects, and to common occurrences... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 612 pages
...general commerce of the ivorld, or for the bufinels of active life. The comprehenfive fpeculations with which he had been occupied from his youth, and the variety of materials which his own fnvention continually fupplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects,... | |
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