Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 2 — David Hume — John Shaqi
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 2
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LIFE AND
CORRESPONDENCE OF
DAVID HUME.
[Illustration: Portrait of Hume from a Bust]
LIFE
AND
CORRESPONDENCE
OF
DAVID HUME.
FROM THE PAPERS BEQUEATHED BY HIS NEPHEW TO THE
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; AND OTHER
ORIGINAL SOURCES.
BY JOHN HILL BURTON, ESQ.
ADVOCATE.
VOLUME II.
EDINBURGH:
WILLIAM TAIT, 107, PRINCE'S STREET.
MDCCCXLVI.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by WILLIAM TAIT, 107, Prince's Street.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND.
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II.
Portrait of Hume from a Bust, _Frontispiece_.
Fac simile of a page of the History of England, Page 79
Fac simile of a letter from Rousseau, 326
CHAPTER X.
1756-1759. ÆT. 45-48.
The second volume of the History of the Stuarts--His Apologies
for his Treatment of Religion--The Four Dissertations--The Two
Suppressed Dissertations--Resigns his Office of Librarian--
Home's Douglas--Commences the History of the Tudors--
Wilkie's Epigoniad--Hume's Nationalism--Warburton--Colonel
Edmondstoune--Dr. Robertson--Negotiations as to Ferguson's
Chair--Hume goes to London--Writes Letters of Fictitious and
Extravagant News--Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments--
Publication of the History of the House of Tudor--General View
of the Constitutional Principles of the History. 1
CHAPTER XI.
1760-1762. ÆT. 49-51.