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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... style , yet so as to leave it the power of cutting deep enough . But that is a matter of taste and opinion . They , who have felt the sharpness of his weapon , will not provoke it . " If he is affected with obloquy , I wish he were a ...
... style , yet so as to leave it the power of cutting deep enough . But that is a matter of taste and opinion . They , who have felt the sharpness of his weapon , will not provoke it . " If he is affected with obloquy , I wish he were a ...
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... style I have made use of on some subjects ; but , he hopes , a little reflection , and a candid examination of what he is to write against me , will bring me to a better way of thinking and speaking . His motive for entering the lists ...
... style I have made use of on some subjects ; but , he hopes , a little reflection , and a candid examination of what he is to write against me , will bring me to a better way of thinking and speaking . His motive for entering the lists ...
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... style of Addi- son , a topic on which he delighted to enlarge . Of the prose of that inimitable writer , he could not , indeed , speak too highly ; but of his poetry , Dr Beattie's judgment seems to be too severe . While , on the other ...
... style of Addi- son , a topic on which he delighted to enlarge . Of the prose of that inimitable writer , he could not , indeed , speak too highly ; but of his poetry , Dr Beattie's judgment seems to be too severe . While , on the other ...
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... style , as well as for the mat- ter . But his poetry is in general cold , and pro- saic , and inharmonious . Yet his tragedy of ' Cato ' has great merit ; and his comedy of ' The Drum- mer ' is , in my opinion , one of the best dramatic ...
... style , as well as for the mat- ter . But his poetry is in general cold , and pro- saic , and inharmonious . Yet his tragedy of ' Cato ' has great merit ; and his comedy of ' The Drum- mer ' is , in my opinion , one of the best dramatic ...
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... style . find it a very difficult matter to barbarisms of our native dialect . " We Scotsmen get rid of the LETTER CIII . MRS MONTAGU TO DR BEATTIE , Hill - Street , January the 17th , 1775 . " I approve greatly of what you have said of ...
... style . find it a very difficult matter to barbarisms of our native dialect . " We Scotsmen get rid of the LETTER CIII . MRS MONTAGU TO DR BEATTIE , Hill - Street , January the 17th , 1775 . " I approve greatly of what you have said of ...
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