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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... 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 . There yet remains to be ...
... 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 . There yet remains to be ...
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... equal to his bu- siness . However , I do not mean that he shall either assist or succeed me , as long as I can pre- vent it . He is greatly obliged to you for your kind concern about him , and desires to offer his humble service . His ...
... equal to his bu- siness . However , I do not mean that he shall either assist or succeed me , as long as I can pre- vent it . He is greatly obliged to you for your kind concern about him , and desires to offer his humble service . His ...
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... equal to the man , there are in her constitution many things which would make her less fit , than he is , for what may be called the external eco- nomy of a family . Matters of learning , taste , and science , are not more the natural ...
... equal to the man , there are in her constitution many things which would make her less fit , than he is , for what may be called the external eco- nomy of a family . Matters of learning , taste , and science , are not more the natural ...
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... equal . Oxford is a place of greater resort and more brilliancy ; but the quiet of Cambridge is perhaps more salutary to the student . Each has produced such a number of great men , as no other seminary in the ancient or modern world ...
... equal . Oxford is a place of greater resort and more brilliancy ; but the quiet of Cambridge is perhaps more salutary to the student . Each has produced such a number of great men , as no other seminary in the ancient or modern world ...
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... equal to the task ; nor has either this age or the last produced a genius equal to it , except perhaps Mr Gray . Pope himself would have failed if he had persisted in his epic project . He would undoubtedly have made something supe ...
... equal to the task ; nor has either this age or the last produced a genius equal to it , except perhaps Mr Gray . Pope himself would have failed if he had persisted in his epic project . He would undoubtedly have made something supe ...
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