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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... favour must be considered , too , as the more valuable ; and indeed cannot , by any means , be suspected of partiality , when it is con- sidered , that the poems were presented to the * The contents of this small volume were : " Ode to ...
... favour must be considered , too , as the more valuable ; and indeed cannot , by any means , be suspected of partiality , when it is con- sidered , that the poems were presented to the * The contents of this small volume were : " Ode to ...
الصفحة 93
... favours , with the highest regard for your friendship , and the most zealous attach- ment to your character : my delay was indeed ow- ing to another cause . " I have been employed for some time past in writing a kind of poetical epistle ...
... favours , with the highest regard for your friendship , and the most zealous attach- ment to your character : my delay was indeed ow- ing to another cause . " I have been employed for some time past in writing a kind of poetical epistle ...
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... favour of the essay ; for , though writ- ten in rhyme , it is a faithful transcript of the real sentiments of his heart . Indeed , I have always thought it a piece of contemptible affectation in an author to assume , in his writings , a ...
... favour of the essay ; for , though writ- ten in rhyme , it is a faithful transcript of the real sentiments of his heart . Indeed , I have always thought it a piece of contemptible affectation in an author to assume , in his writings , a ...
الصفحة 99
... favour from a person of whom you had merited nothing , and to whom make no just return . you could " I suppose you have seen my letter to Dr Blacklock . I hope , in due time , to be acquaint- ed with your sentiments concerning it . I ...
... favour from a person of whom you had merited nothing , and to whom make no just return . you could " I suppose you have seen my letter to Dr Blacklock . I hope , in due time , to be acquaint- ed with your sentiments concerning it . I ...
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... favour of metaphysical truth : ge- nuine truth and genuine happiness were never in- consistent but metaphysical truth ( such as we find in our sceptical systems ) is not genuine , for it is perpetually changing ; and no wonder , since ...
... favour of metaphysical truth : ge- nuine truth and genuine happiness were never in- consistent but metaphysical truth ( such as we find in our sceptical systems ) is not genuine , for it is perpetually changing ; and no wonder , since ...
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