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. In Three Volumes, Volume 3Arch. Constable and Company, Edinburgh; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, T. Cadell and W. Davies, and John Murray, London., 1807 - 388 pages |
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... Christian Religion , ' ) was to subjoin Tickell's Life of Addison ' entire , which , though brief , is authentic , and extremely well written , together with some extracts from Dr Johnson's ' Remarks on Addison's Prose . ' This Dr ...
... Christian Religion , ' ) was to subjoin Tickell's Life of Addison ' entire , which , though brief , is authentic , and extremely well written , together with some extracts from Dr Johnson's ' Remarks on Addison's Prose . ' This Dr ...
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... Christian charity , to true politeness , and , I may add , to the ad- vancement of a man's interest even in this world . " The opposition to the projected scheme of uniting the colleges is much to be regretted ; but , as the voice of ...
... Christian charity , to true politeness , and , I may add , to the ad- vancement of a man's interest even in this world . " The opposition to the projected scheme of uniting the colleges is much to be regretted ; but , as the voice of ...
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... Christian , who feels the pressure of distress , and seeks in religion that support and consolation which nothing else can bestow , they present an example of patience and resignation , which no sufferings could conquer . Nor is it the ...
... Christian , who feels the pressure of distress , and seeks in religion that support and consolation which nothing else can bestow , they present an example of patience and resignation , which no sufferings could conquer . Nor is it the ...
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... Christian ethics , undebased by the smallest alloy of bigotry or superstition , are judiciously pursued through their important consequences , and applied with singular accuracy to the various purposes of moral agency . The lan- guage ...
... Christian ethics , undebased by the smallest alloy of bigotry or superstition , are judiciously pursued through their important consequences , and applied with singular accuracy to the various purposes of moral agency . The lan- guage ...
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... Christianity , ' which do equal honour to her piety , her taste , and her knowledge of the human heart ; and which cannot be carefully perused by any one , without exciting in the mind the best and most useful impressions of duty ...
... Christianity , ' which do equal honour to her piety , her taste , and her knowledge of the human heart ; and which cannot be carefully perused by any one , without exciting in the mind the best and most useful impressions of duty ...
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