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, Том 2Arch. Constable and Company, Edinburgh; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, T. Cadell and W. Davies, and John Murray, London., 1807 - Всего страниц: 388 |
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... greatest importance to the welfare of the city . I lost no time in communicating this intelli- gence to Dr Beattie . I well recollected , indeed , the aversion he had shown , from becoming a member of the university of Edinburgh , on a ...
... greatest importance to the welfare of the city . I lost no time in communicating this intelli- gence to Dr Beattie . I well recollected , indeed , the aversion he had shown , from becoming a member of the university of Edinburgh , on a ...
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... greatest . But I shall proceed to business , with- out further preamble . " Some years ago , I should have thought my- self a very great gainer , by exchanging my pre- sent office with a professorship in the university of Edinburgh ...
... greatest . But I shall proceed to business , with- out further preamble . " Some years ago , I should have thought my- self a very great gainer , by exchanging my pre- sent office with a professorship in the university of Edinburgh ...
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... greatest contempt , any idea " of your meeting with any thing disagreeable , " in carrying this removal into execution . For , " he added , what I most firmly believe to be the " truth , that he apprehended many of what ap- peared ...
... greatest contempt , any idea " of your meeting with any thing disagreeable , " in carrying this removal into execution . For , " he added , what I most firmly believe to be the " truth , that he apprehended many of what ap- peared ...
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... greatest regard for him , notwithstanding , on account of his learning and worth ; and I am pretty certain he has a re- gard for me ; but I thought it was best to speak plain , and put an end to the affair at once . Be assured , that I ...
... greatest regard for him , notwithstanding , on account of his learning and worth ; and I am pretty certain he has a re- gard for me ; but I thought it was best to speak plain , and put an end to the affair at once . Be assured , that I ...
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... greatest honour ; and I should be unworthy of them , if they did not give me the greatest pleasure . It is peculiarly fortu- nate , that her M - y should honour the sub- scription with her approbation . This may ex- clude , from a ...
... greatest honour ; and I should be unworthy of them , if they did not give me the greatest pleasure . It is peculiarly fortu- nate , that her M - y should honour the sub- scription with her approbation . This may ex- clude , from a ...
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