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" Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. "
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 19
by James Boswell - 1786 - 442 pages
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The Writings of the Late John M. Mason, D.D.: Consisting of Sermons, Essays ...

John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 458 pages
...both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. I ever am, Dear Sir, Most affectionately yours, ADAM SMITH. Some of the last choice words of DOCTOR...
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The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division ...

Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 pages
...in scepticism, Adam Smith, considered him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." But since, in his estimation, female infidelity when unknown was nothing, one needs pretty positive...
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Lives of Eminent Persons

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 606 pages
...both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit" The effect of such a testimony, from such a quarter, was to put to silence, and it is to be hoped,...
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The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division ...

Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 pages
...in scepticism, Adam Smith, considered him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." But since, in his estimation, female infidelity when unknown was nothing, one needs pretty positive...
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Lives of Eminent Persons: Consisting of Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Mahomet ...

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." The effect of such a testimony, from such a quarter, was to put to silence, and it is to be hoped,...
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Lives of eminent persons; consisting of Galileo, Kepler

Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit" The effect of such a testimony, from such a quarter, was to put to silence, and it is to be hoped,...
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The Gallery of Portraits:: With Memoirs ....

1836 - 506 pages
...indeed, does not hesitate to speak of him "as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Some deduction should of course be made from this language, as that of a natural self-love in the one...
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The gallery of portraits: with memoirs ...: Gustavus Adolphus

1837 - 272 pages
...indeed, does not hesitate to speak of him "as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Some deduction should of course be made from this language, as that of a natural self-love in the one...
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Lord Somers to Hunter

1838 - 604 pages
...indeed, does not hesitate to speak of him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Some deduction should of course be made from this language, as that of a natural self-love in the one...
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times, Volume 3

Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 pages
...indeed, does not hesitate to speak of him " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Some deduction should of course be made from this language, as that of a natural self-love in the one...
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