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Essays

by David Hume (1711–1776)

Portrait of David Hume — Allan Ramsay · Public domain

13 chapters, about 32,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

OF ELOQUENCE 1,700 words
OF THE DELICACY OF TASTE AND PASSION 1,300 words
OF THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS 1,400 words
THAT POLITICS MAY BE REDUCED TO A SCIENCE 4,700 words
OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT 1,400 words
OF THE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT 1,400 words
OF THE INDEPENDENCY OF PARLIAMENT[1] 3,900 words
OF PARTIES IN GENERAL 2,400 words
OF THE PARTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN 3,500 words
OF SUPERSTITION AND ENTHUSIASM 1,600 words
OF THE DIGNITY OR MEANNESS OF HUMAN NATURE 2,200 words
OF CIVIL LIBERTY 2,700 words
OF ELOQUENCE 4,200 words

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