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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... under ninety ; ours to be above an hundred and forty . I will not say that this account is perfectly exact , but have reason to think it is nearly so . " I am just now reading Lord Hailes's new per- LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 7.
... under ninety ; ours to be above an hundred and forty . I will not say that this account is perfectly exact , but have reason to think it is nearly so . " I am just now reading Lord Hailes's new per- LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 7.
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... say more on that subject . The truth is , I am better than I was . The gid- diness has not troubled me but one day since I came to London . " At Windsor I met with several other friends , particularly Lady Pembroke , Mrs Delany , Mr and ...
... say more on that subject . The truth is , I am better than I was . The gid- diness has not troubled me but one day since I came to London . " At Windsor I met with several other friends , particularly Lady Pembroke , Mrs Delany , Mr and ...
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... say nothing to you , who are well acquainted with it . Every thing is so exactly the same that it was , and my memory of every thing is so accurate , that the three years which have intervened since I was last here , seem to have ...
... say nothing to you , who are well acquainted with it . Every thing is so exactly the same that it was , and my memory of every thing is so accurate , that the three years which have intervened since I was last here , seem to have ...
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... say , what sorts of writing and parts of learning the two sexes might cultivate with equal success , and in what women would be superior to men , and men superior to women ; and the inferences , as they occur to me at present , would ...
... say , what sorts of writing and parts of learning the two sexes might cultivate with equal success , and in what women would be superior to men , and men superior to women ; and the inferences , as they occur to me at present , would ...
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... 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 business , so as to clear the British ...
... 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 business , so as to clear the British ...
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