 | Several Hands - 1752 - 508 pages
...feem to have been more pofleft with the antient Greet fpirit of jealous emulation, than actuated with the prudent views of modern politics. Our wars with France have been begun with juftice, and even, perhaps, from necefisty ; but have always been too far pufhed, from obftinacy and... | |
 | David Hume - 1758 - 568 pages
...to have been more poffefled with the antient GREEK fpirit of jealous emulation, than actuated with the prudent views of modern politics. Our wars with FRANCE have been begun with juftice, and even, perhaps, from neceffiry ; but have always been too far puihed, from obftinacy and... | |
 | David Hume - 1760 - 396 pages
...to have been more poffefled with the antient GREEK fpirit of jealous emulation, than actuated with the prudent views of modern politics. Our wars with FRANCE have been begun with juftice, and even, perhaps from neceffity; but have always been too far pufhed from obftinacy and paffion.... | |
 | David Hume - 1793 - 530 pages
...blamable deficiency. In the firft place, we feem to have been more poffefled with the ancient Greek fpirit of jealous emulation, than actuated by the prudent...politics. Our wars with France have been begun with juftice, and even, perhaps, from necefllty; but have always been too far pufhed from obftinacy arid... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 602 pages
...moderation; and they have oftener erred from a laudable excess than from a blameable deficiency. In the Jirst place, we seem to have been more possessed with the...passion. The same peace, which was afterwards made at Rys-i wick in 1697, was offered so early as the year ninetytwo; that concluded at Utrecht in 1712,... | |
 | Francis William Newman - 1849 - 58 pages
...second series of the Essays appeared. In the Essay on the Balance of Power, Hume writes as follows: " Our wars with France have been begun with justice,...even perhaps from necessity, but have always been loo far pushed from obstinacy and passion. The same peace, which was made at Ryswick in 1697, was offered... | |
 | Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) - 1851 - 600 pages
...a second series of the Essays appeared. In that on the "Balance of Power " Hume wrote thus : — " Our wars with France have been begun with justice,...always been too far pushed from obstinacy and passion." It may be questioned if they always began in justice ; yet doubtless they began in accordance with... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 590 pages
...; and they have oftener erred from a laudable excess than from a blamable deficiency. In the Jirst place, we seem to have been more possessed with the...same peace, which was afterwards made at Ryswick in 16U7, was offered so early as the year ninetytwo ; that concluded at Utrecht in 1712, might have been... | |
 | Financial reform assoc - 1885 - 514 pages
...a second series of the Essays appeared. In that on the " Balance of Power" Hume wrote thus : — " Our wars with France have been begun with justice,...always been too far pushed from obstinacy and passion." It may be questioned if they always began in justice ; yet doubtless they began in accordance with... | |
 | David Hume - 1889 - 530 pages
...moderation; and they have oftener erred from a laudable excess than from a blameable deficiency. In the first place, we seem to have been more possessed with the...the prudent views of modern politics. Our wars with FBANCE have been begun with justice, and even, perhaps, from necessity; but have always been too far... | |
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In the^rs^ place, we seem to have been more possessed with the ancient Greek spirit of jealous emulation, than actuated by the prudent views of modern politics. Our wars with France have been begun with justice, and even, perhaps, from necessity, but... 
