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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... less than one hundred guineas for each copy . At this rate , one shall give the price of an ordinary book for a sight of this . However , magnificent works of this kind do ho- nour to the nation that produces them , and raise a laudable ...
... less than one hundred guineas for each copy . At this rate , one shall give the price of an ordinary book for a sight of this . However , magnificent works of this kind do ho- nour to the nation that produces them , and raise a laudable ...
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... less of you than they wished ; and , after some other conversation , her Majesty and the Princess Eliza- beth , who attended her , made a slight curtsey , and stepped into the carriage that waited for them at the chapel - door . The ...
... less of you than they wished ; and , after some other conversation , her Majesty and the Princess Eliza- beth , who attended her , made a slight curtsey , and stepped into the carriage that waited for them at the chapel - door . The ...
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... 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 province of the one sex than of the other ; and , with regard to these , were they ...
... 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 province of the one sex than of the other ; and , with regard to these , were they ...
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... less reason to regret , as I had little to say which has not been said by others , who may be thought to have better means of information . I earnestly pray , that our legislature may have the grace to do something effectual in this ...
... less reason to regret , as I had little to say which has not been said by others , who may be thought to have better means of information . I earnestly pray , that our legislature may have the grace to do something effectual in this ...
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... less confidence in overseers ; to give liberty and wages to their most deserving slaves ; to give Christian education to them all , with rest on Sunday ; to teach them to be rational , by treat- ing them as rational beings ; and to ...
... less confidence in overseers ; to give liberty and wages to their most deserving slaves ; to give Christian education to them all , with rest on Sunday ; to teach them to be rational , by treat- ing them as rational beings ; and to ...
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