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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... occasion , when a vacancy of the chair of moral philosophy was likely to take place ; but I knew not whether he might still be of the same mind , or whether the same reasons still subsist- ed , which had weighed with him at that period ...
... occasion , when a vacancy of the chair of moral philosophy was likely to take place ; but I knew not whether he might still be of the same mind , or whether the same reasons still subsist- ed , which had weighed with him at that period ...
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... occasion ; and which would determine me to this , even though I were abso- lutely certain of being elected . Nay , though my fortune were as narrow now , as it lately was , I should still incline rather to remain in quiet where I am ...
... occasion ; and which would determine me to this , even though I were abso- lutely certain of being elected . Nay , though my fortune were as narrow now , as it lately was , I should still incline rather to remain in quiet where I am ...
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... occasion to be afraid of any man . own talents , and I am not ignorant of theirs ; I do not ( God knows ) think highly of the former , indeed I have no reason ; but I am under no sort of apprehension in regard to the latter ; and as to ...
... occasion to be afraid of any man . own talents , and I am not ignorant of theirs ; I do not ( God knows ) think highly of the former , indeed I have no reason ; but I am under no sort of apprehension in regard to the latter ; and as to ...
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... occasion to hear the sentiments of many of our warmest friends , as well as of many persons of respectable character , who , " like numberless others , have attached them- " selves to you , without a personal acquaintance , " and all ...
... occasion to hear the sentiments of many of our warmest friends , as well as of many persons of respectable character , who , " like numberless others , have attached them- " selves to you , without a personal acquaintance , " and all ...
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... occasion to explain the affair in question , and by many respectable friends in Scotland , this conduct of mine , and the reasons of it , have been highly approved . Ano- ther thing , too , on this head , deserves attention . A man ...
... occasion to explain the affair in question , and by many respectable friends in Scotland , this conduct of mine , and the reasons of it , have been highly approved . Ano- ther thing , too , on this head , deserves attention . A man ...
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