An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D. Late Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. Including Many of His Original Letters. [With a Portrait.], المجلد 1Arch. Constable and Company, Edinburgh; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, T. Cadell and W. Davies, and John Murray, London., 1807 - 388 من الصفحات |
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... the re- solution of attempting to write the Life of Dr Beattie , I determined to request per- mission to inscribe it to your Lordship ; be- cause I well know the high value he justly vi set on your friendship , and how much it ΤΟ ...
... the re- solution of attempting to write the Life of Dr Beattie , I determined to request per- mission to inscribe it to your Lordship ; be- cause I well know the high value he justly vi set on your friendship , and how much it ΤΟ ...
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... cause of reli- gion ; in particular , his " Essay on Miracles , " in opposition to the doctrine of Mr Hume , has ever been esteemed one of the most acute and most convincing argumentative treatises on that great and fundamental doctrine ...
... cause of reli- gion ; in particular , his " Essay on Miracles , " in opposition to the doctrine of Mr Hume , has ever been esteemed one of the most acute and most convincing argumentative treatises on that great and fundamental doctrine ...
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... cause , the defence of virtue , of religion , and of truth . It would be curious , in many instances , ( con- tinues the author whom I quote , ) to trace the history of those literary compositions , which have instructed or amused the ...
... cause , the defence of virtue , of religion , and of truth . It would be curious , in many instances , ( con- tinues the author whom I quote , ) to trace the history of those literary compositions , which have instructed or amused the ...
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... Causes of the Infidelity and Scepticism of the Times , " a book containing much valuable matter . ↑ To " Clarissa , " referred to in the preface of the work , in which several objections are considered by the author . novelists ; to ...
... Causes of the Infidelity and Scepticism of the Times , " a book containing much valuable matter . ↑ To " Clarissa , " referred to in the preface of the work , in which several objections are considered by the author . novelists ; to ...
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... cause of vir- tue , it was certainly a proof of an egregious failure in his judgment , that he made choice of a fable whose tendency seems directly contrary . Van- brugh , and Congreve , and Rochester , only in- flame the imagination ...
... cause of vir- tue , it was certainly a proof of an egregious failure in his judgment , that he made choice of a fable whose tendency seems directly contrary . Van- brugh , and Congreve , and Rochester , only in- flame the imagination ...
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