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 2Arch. 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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... Edinburgh . For although a set of civil magistrates , very little , if at all ac- quainted with science , or the merits of scientific men , may seem but indifferently qualified for the choice of professors of a university ; yet it is a ...
... Edinburgh . For although a set of civil magistrates , very little , if at all ac- quainted with science , or the merits of scientific men , may seem but indifferently qualified for the choice of professors of a university ; yet it is a ...
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... Edinburgh at all diminished . I am still known to some members of that university , whose talents , and whose virtues , I hold in the highest estimation , and with whom I should account it my honour to be more nearly connected ; and the ...
... Edinburgh at all diminished . I am still known to some members of that university , whose talents , and whose virtues , I hold in the highest estimation , and with whom I should account it my honour to be more nearly connected ; and the ...
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... the fatal disaster had hap- pened . It is a most affecting discourse , admirably calculated to convince the offenders ; and the effect of it is said to have £ 6 " coming to Edinburgh , and more than LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 11.
... the fatal disaster had hap- pened . It is a most affecting discourse , admirably calculated to convince the offenders ; and the effect of it is said to have £ 6 " coming to Edinburgh , and more than LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 11.
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... Edinburgh , and more than once re- " peated , that he was not at liberty to say all " that he could say on that head ... Edinburgh ; and he contributed some papers to the two periodical publications , " The World , " published at London ...
... Edinburgh , and more than once re- " peated , that he was not at liberty to say all " that he could say on that head ... Edinburgh ; and he contributed some papers to the two periodical publications , " The World , " published at London ...
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