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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... express himself uncommonly fond ; and being , in all like- lihood , a jeu d'esprit of the moment , he had wise- ly suppressed it . I find no trace of any such * The Highland Society of Edinburgh are at present enga- ged in an ...
... express himself uncommonly fond ; and being , in all like- lihood , a jeu d'esprit of the moment , he had wise- ly suppressed it . I find no trace of any such * The Highland Society of Edinburgh are at present enga- ged in an ...
الصفحة 94
... express how much I value your friendship . Allow me to assure you , that I am not one of the ungrateful , nor ( if good intentions can confer any merit on a character ) one of the undeserving . The friendship of the good is the object ...
... express how much I value your friendship . Allow me to assure you , that I am not one of the ungrateful , nor ( if good intentions can confer any merit on a character ) one of the undeserving . The friendship of the good is the object ...
الصفحة 96
... express how agreeably I was flatter- ed by the present you were pleased to make me of your works , and by the elegant verses which accompanied it . The acquaintance of good men has always appeared to me almost the only tem- poral object ...
... express how agreeably I was flatter- ed by the present you were pleased to make me of your works , and by the elegant verses which accompanied it . The acquaintance of good men has always appeared to me almost the only tem- poral object ...
الصفحة 109
... express . " Your neglect of the modern philosophical sceptics , who have too much engaged the atten- tion of these times , does equal honour to your un- derstanding and to your heart . To suppose that every thing may be made matter of ...
... express . " Your neglect of the modern philosophical sceptics , who have too much engaged the atten- tion of these times , does equal honour to your un- derstanding and to your heart . To suppose that every thing may be made matter of ...
الصفحة 153
... moun- taineers he called Sevitians , with a view , no doubt , to express their cruelty ; but the printer , not un- * Vide Appendix , [ P. ] derstanding Latin , has changed it into Sevilians . The LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 153.
... moun- taineers he called Sevitians , with a view , no doubt , to express their cruelty ; but the printer , not un- * Vide Appendix , [ P. ] derstanding Latin , has changed it into Sevilians . The LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 153.
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