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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Page 12
... published , likewise , a Collection of Sacred Poems , consisting of translations and pa- raphrases from the Holy Scriptures , which do equal credit to his piety and his poetical taste . As a proof , however , that he did not entirely ...
... published , likewise , a Collection of Sacred Poems , consisting of translations and pa- raphrases from the Holy Scriptures , which do equal credit to his piety and his poetical taste . As a proof , however , that he did not entirely ...
Page 39
... published , I should " take care to do justice , in a preface , both to " them and to myself , by stating the matter fair- ❝ly to the public . " This information will , I hope , satisfy the gentleman , that the subscription is not , as ...
... published , I should " take care to do justice , in a preface , both to " them and to myself , by stating the matter fair- ❝ly to the public . " This information will , I hope , satisfy the gentleman , that the subscription is not , as ...
Page 45
... favour me with some account of the Bishop of Carlisle , Dr Law , if he happens to be of your acquaintance . His Lordship ( in a book lately published ) has been pleased to attack me in a strange manner , LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 45.
... favour me with some account of the Bishop of Carlisle , Dr Law , if he happens to be of your acquaintance . His Lordship ( in a book lately published ) has been pleased to attack me in a strange manner , LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 45.
Page 64
... published , I desired that he would use the utmost dispatch , that very day , which was last Tuesday , to get me two copies , as elegantly bound as so short a notice would per- mit , that I might be able to present them to their ...
... published , I desired that he would use the utmost dispatch , that very day , which was last Tuesday , to get me two copies , as elegantly bound as so short a notice would per- mit , that I might be able to present them to their ...
Page 68
... published some time . It is , I think , much better than the first , and contains much learning , and not a little ingenuity ; but can never be very teresting , except to those who aim at a gramma- tical and critical knowledge of the ...
... published some time . It is , I think , much better than the first , and contains much learning , and not a little ingenuity ; but can never be very teresting , except to those who aim at a gramma- tical and critical knowledge of the ...
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