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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... Scotland , by the title of Lord Hailes ; very eminent as a scholar , and particularly as an antiquarian . His " Annals of Scotland " is a masterly per- formance ; in which , and in some detached pieces of historical research , he was ...
... Scotland , by the title of Lord Hailes ; very eminent as a scholar , and particularly as an antiquarian . His " Annals of Scotland " is a masterly per- formance ; in which , and in some detached pieces of historical research , he was ...
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... Scotland any where to be met with . In his other publications , which were numerous , he chiefly appears in the character of an editor . Among these , he trans- lated and printed some favourite passages from the Ecclesiasti- cal History ...
... Scotland any where to be met with . In his other publications , which were numerous , he chiefly appears in the character of an editor . Among these , he trans- lated and printed some favourite passages from the Ecclesiasti- cal History ...
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... 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 should not be accused of obstinacy , till he have told all his reasons , and till it ...
... 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 should not be accused of obstinacy , till he have told all his reasons , and till it ...
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... Scotland , to congratulate me on my late success ; and , by a very delicate hint , he gave me an opportunity of explaining , whether I would now confine my future views to this country , or make any further efforts to rise higher in the ...
... Scotland , to congratulate me on my late success ; and , by a very delicate hint , he gave me an opportunity of explaining , whether I would now confine my future views to this country , or make any further efforts to rise higher in the ...
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... Scotland with your present provi- " sions , is worthy of you ; *** and though your entry into our church would have been a hap- py acquisition to it , yet I cannot but applaud your determination . " 66 At the time when Dr Beattie went ...
... Scotland with your present provi- " sions , is worthy of you ; *** and though your entry into our church would have been a hap- py acquisition to it , yet I cannot but applaud your determination . " 66 At the time when Dr Beattie went ...
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