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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... course of lectures ; which , as all my papers are open to him , he would not find " it a difficult matter to do . I could also teach " him how to make many improvements in my 66 plan , which I have long had in view , but could " never ...
... course of lectures ; which , as all my papers are open to him , he would not find " it a difficult matter to do . I could also teach " him how to make many improvements in my 66 plan , which I have long had in view , but could " never ...
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... course of her long and solitary life . I do not find that Mrs Cockburn was distinguished for her taste : her attempts in poetry show rather a deficiency in that respect . Her tragedy , called ' The Fatal Friendship , ' ought to have ...
... course of her long and solitary life . I do not find that Mrs Cockburn was distinguished for her taste : her attempts in poetry show rather a deficiency in that respect . Her tragedy , called ' The Fatal Friendship , ' ought to have ...
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... course ; but was prevented , by having more to do in the college than usual , it being the last week of our session . The vacation is now be- gun ; and nothing , but what I am going to men- tion , would prevent my setting out ...
... course ; but was prevented , by having more to do in the college than usual , it being the last week of our session . The vacation is now be- gun ; and nothing , but what I am going to men- tion , would prevent my setting out ...
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... course of goats ' milk , will set him up again . To Peterhead , therefore , we shall go in a few days . " There is not much in my notes on Addison's papers . They do not interfere with what I pro- jected some time ago , about an Essay ...
... course of goats ' milk , will set him up again . To Peterhead , therefore , we shall go in a few days . " There is not much in my notes on Addison's papers . They do not interfere with what I pro- jected some time ago , about an Essay ...
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... course of the ensuing summer . The Bishop's constitution is certainly not a robust one ; it seems rather the contrary ; and yet nobody enjoys better health and spirits than he ; such are the effects of tem- perance , activity , and a ...
... course of the ensuing summer . The Bishop's constitution is certainly not a robust one ; it seems rather the contrary ; and yet nobody enjoys better health and spirits than he ; such are the effects of tem- perance , activity , and a ...
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