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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... able as yet to give me a moment's un- easiness , notwithstanding the zeal with which they have spoken against me . good , that he , who espouses it , occasion to be afraid of any man . own talents , and I am not ignorant of theirs ; I ...
... able as yet to give me a moment's un- easiness , notwithstanding the zeal with which they have spoken against me . good , that he , who espouses it , occasion to be afraid of any man . own talents , and I am not ignorant of theirs ; I ...
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... able to pay them . Nobody ever asked me to do this , and nobody thanks me for it , except the young men themselves ; and yet , in all this there is so little merit , it being as easy for me to lecture to a hun- dred as to thirty , that ...
... able to pay them . Nobody ever asked me to do this , and nobody thanks me for it , except the young men themselves ; and yet , in all this there is so little merit , it being as easy for me to lecture to a hun- dred as to thirty , that ...
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... able to 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 ...
... able to 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 ...
Page 39
... on the con- trary , highly creditable to it , and honourable . However , that it may never be in the power , even of malice itself , to lay any thing to my charge to be able to inform you that your picture was LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 39.
... on the con- trary , highly creditable to it , and honourable . However , that it may never be in the power , even of malice itself , to lay any thing to my charge to be able to inform you that your picture was LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 39.
Page 42
... able to inform you that your picture was finished , which , however , I cannot now do . I must confess to you , that when I sat down , I did intend to tell a sort of a white lie , that it was fi- nished but , on recollecting that I was ...
... able to inform you that your picture was finished , which , however , I cannot now do . I must confess to you , that when I sat down , I did intend to tell a sort of a white lie , that it was fi- nished but , on recollecting that I was ...
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