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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... Poems and Essays , ' the production of Miss Jane Bowdler , were written to relieve the tedious hours of pain and sickness . To the humble and pious Christian , who feels the pressure of distress , and seeks in religion that support and ...
... Poems and Essays , ' the production of Miss Jane Bowdler , were written to relieve the tedious hours of pain and sickness . To the humble and pious Christian , who feels the pressure of distress , and seeks in religion that support and ...
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... poem , and I believe a great favourite with the fair sex ; but has nothing of Homer , but the story and the characters , the manner being totally dif ferent : Dryden's Virgil ' is not a very pleasing book , and conveys not any tolerable ...
... poem , and I believe a great favourite with the fair sex ; but has nothing of Homer , but the story and the characters , the manner being totally dif ferent : Dryden's Virgil ' is not a very pleasing book , and conveys not any tolerable ...
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... , and well conducted ; and in his two other poems , though there be great inequalities , there is pathos , ener- gy , and even sublimity . " 6 LETTER CCVI . DR BEATTIE TO THE DUCHESS OF GORDON 50 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
... , and well conducted ; and in his two other poems , though there be great inequalities , there is pathos , ener- gy , and even sublimity . " 6 LETTER CCVI . DR BEATTIE TO THE DUCHESS OF GORDON 50 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
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... poem . " I long to see this literary curiosity . " LETTER CCVIII . DR BEATTIE TO THE DUCHESS OF GORDON . Aberdeen , 20th November , 1788 . " I had the honour to receive your Grace's most obliging letter yesterday morning ; and ...
... poem . " I long to see this literary curiosity . " LETTER CCVIII . DR BEATTIE TO THE DUCHESS OF GORDON . Aberdeen , 20th November , 1788 . " I had the honour to receive your Grace's most obliging letter yesterday morning ; and ...
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... who had projected an epic poem of the ancient and legitimate form ; but I know not whom he meant . I have heard Dr Brown * The publisher . † They amount to xlvi . guessed to be the person ; but he was by 72 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
... who had projected an epic poem of the ancient and legitimate form ; but I know not whom he meant . I have heard Dr Brown * The publisher . † They amount to xlvi . guessed to be the person ; but he was by 72 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
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