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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... gave hopes , in- deed , that he might resume the design , at some future period , of commenting on the prose - wri- tings of Addison ; but he did not live to carry into execution . All that he was able to do , therefore , on occasion of ...
... gave hopes , in- deed , that he might resume the design , at some future period , of commenting on the prose - wri- tings of Addison ; but he did not live to carry into execution . All that he was able to do , therefore , on occasion of ...
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... gave me more pleasure , than the account you favour me with of your son's proficiency . You did very right in sending him to pass some months in England . At his age it is not so difficult , as it comes to be afterwards , to get the ...
... gave me more pleasure , than the account you favour me with of your son's proficiency . You did very right in sending him to pass some months in England . At his age it is not so difficult , as it comes to be afterwards , to get the ...
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... gave much of his time to study , and the company of men of letters . He was a person of great piety and worth ; and gave many proofs of his singular attention to the strict discharge of religious duties . He died at Bath , 2d May , 1785 ...
... gave much of his time to study , and the company of men of letters . He was a person of great piety and worth ; and gave many proofs of his singular attention to the strict discharge of religious duties . He died at Bath , 2d May , 1785 ...
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... gave Mrs Arbuthnot the mo- ney which you committed to my care , and I was happy to find her wonderfully well , considering her great age . I need not tell you with what gratitude she acknowledged your bounty , nor how anxiously minute ...
... gave Mrs Arbuthnot the mo- ney which you committed to my care , and I was happy to find her wonderfully well , considering her great age . I need not tell you with what gratitude she acknowledged your bounty , nor how anxiously minute ...
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... gave me pain , as I well knew what Lady Forbes and you would suffer on that occasion . You have been tried with many severe afflictions of the same kind ; but have borne them as became you ; so that they will , in their consequences ...
... gave me pain , as I well knew what Lady Forbes and you would suffer on that occasion . You have been tried with many severe afflictions of the same kind ; but have borne them as became you ; so that they will , in their consequences ...
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