...received a severe mortification from the neglect attending his first publication, which " fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction as even to excite a murmur among the zealots." He was not, however, discouraged, but proceeded in his course of studies, and in 1742 printed at Edinburgh,...

...literary attempt," Mr. Hume remarks, " was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. !t fell dead born from the press, without reaching such distinction as even to excite a murmur among the zealots." In the year 1741, he publishedat Edinburgh the first part of his " Essays." This work met with a more...

...Never literary attempt was more unfortunate rtian my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born Jrom the press, without reaching such distinction as even to excite a murmur among the zealots. But being naturally of a cheerful and sanguine temper, I very soon recovered the blow, and prosecuted...

...account of his " life), was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human " Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching " such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the " zealots." It was then Mr Hume's object, as in the foregoing letter is explicitly owned, to bring about nothing...

...never literary attempt was more unfortunate than the. publication of this treatise. It fell dead bvrn from the press, without reaching such distinction as even to excite a murmur among the zealots; but being naturally of a cheerful and sanguine temper, 1 very soon recovered the blow." He entertained...

...».¡y-, be, " was more unfortunate than my " Treatise on Human Nature. It " fell dead-born (still-born) from " the press, without reaching such " distinction,...as even to excite a '" murmur among the zealots." " After publishing his Treatise, our author retired to Ninevvells, where his mother resided, and where...

...more unfortunate. " It tell," he fays, " dead lorn from the prefs, without reaching fuch diflinclion as even to excite a murmur among the zealots." He...however, " that being naturally of a cheerful and fjnguine terpner, he foon recovered the blow ;" by which he would have us to undedtand, that his literary...

...Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my " Treatise of Human Nature." It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots. But being naturally of a cheerful and sanguine temper, I very sb'on recovered the blow, and prosecuted...

...unfortunate. " It fell," he fays, " dead barn from the prefs, without reaching fuch di(!in£tion as evcfi to excite a murmur among the zealots." He adds, however, " that being naturally oi a cheerful and fanguine temper, he foon recovered the blow ;" by which he would have us to Underftand,...

...according to the avowal of the author himself, was any literary attempt more unsuccessful. " It fell," be says, " dead born from the press, without reaching...work quite unnoticed. It was criticised with great ability in the only review of that period, " The Works of the Learned ;" and from a perusal of the...