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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... writer . As a proof of his attention to every thing that concerned religion and good morals , the fol- lowing incident should not be omitted : Two vessels , bound from London to Leith , were cast away on the coast between Dunbar and ...
... writer . As a proof of his attention to every thing that concerned religion and good morals , the fol- lowing incident should not be omitted : Two vessels , bound from London to Leith , were cast away on the coast between Dunbar and ...
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... write to you , that " such were his sentiments ; and to beseech you " to treat , with the greatest contempt , any idea " of your meeting with any thing disagreeable , " in carrying this removal into execution . For , " he added , what I ...
... write to you , that " such were his sentiments ; and to beseech you " to treat , with the greatest contempt , any idea " of your meeting with any thing disagreeable , " in carrying this removal into execution . For , " he added , what I ...
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... writer , in my time , has attacked the enemies of truth with less reserve , and confuted them more zealously , than I have done . I have declared , in a printed book , which bears my name , that I detest their principles , and despise ...
... writer , in my time , has attacked the enemies of truth with less reserve , and confuted them more zealously , than I have done . I have declared , in a printed book , which bears my name , that I detest their principles , and despise ...
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... writing for it ; and this is the opinion of many others . I have more reasons than the world knows of , to wish to pass the latter part of my days in quiet ; and the more quiet , and the more health I enjoy , the more I shall have it in ...
... writing for it ; and this is the opinion of many others . I have more reasons than the world knows of , to wish to pass the latter part of my days in quiet ; and the more quiet , and the more health I enjoy , the more I shall have it in ...
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... write more than a few sen- tences at a time , without suffering for it . “ I have not said a word on the subject of in- terest . It is evident to me , and I think I could prove to your satisfaction , that the change , now proposed ...
... write more than a few sen- tences at a time , without suffering for it . “ I have not said a word on the subject of in- terest . It is evident to me , and I think I could prove to your satisfaction , that the change , now proposed ...
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