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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... idea " of your meeting with any thing disagreeable , " in carrying this removal into execution . For , " he added , what I most firmly believe to be the " truth , that he apprehended many of what ap- peared unpleasant circumstances to ...
... idea " of your meeting with any thing disagreeable , " in carrying this removal into execution . For , " he added , what I most firmly believe to be the " truth , that he apprehended many of what ap- peared unpleasant circumstances to ...
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... idea of the multitude of beggars that swarm in the streets of that town , told me fur- ther , that one day , in walking half a mile , he gave away , to professed beggars , not less than fifty - eight pieces of money . I need not tell ...
... idea of the multitude of beggars that swarm in the streets of that town , told me fur- ther , that one day , in walking half a mile , he gave away , to professed beggars , not less than fifty - eight pieces of money . I need not tell ...
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... idea . The zeal of his friends , however , was not abated , and he received another very flat- tering proposition , to the same purpose , through the hands of Dr Porteus . * See Vol . I. p . 333 . LETTER XCVIII . THE REV . DR PORTEUS TO ...
... idea . The zeal of his friends , however , was not abated , and he received another very flat- tering proposition , to the same purpose , through the hands of Dr Porteus . * See Vol . I. p . 333 . LETTER XCVIII . THE REV . DR PORTEUS TO ...
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... idea , and he no doubt judged wisely . For , while Dr Priestley's Exa- mination ' is now never heard of , the Essay on Truth ' remains a classical work , of the highest reputation and authority . ยท 6 In the following letter to one of ...
... idea , and he no doubt judged wisely . For , while Dr Priestley's Exa- mination ' is now never heard of , the Essay on Truth ' remains a classical work , of the highest reputation and authority . ยท 6 In the following letter to one of ...
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... ideas he had received in early youth , when he returned and took possession of his kingdom , in which he reigned thirteen years , before he was cut off by a foul assassination . * Cosmo Gordon of Cluny , in Aberdeenshire , one of the ...
... ideas he had received in early youth , when he returned and took possession of his kingdom , in which he reigned thirteen years , before he was cut off by a foul assassination . * Cosmo Gordon of Cluny , in Aberdeenshire , one of the ...
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