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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... told Lord Dartmouth , that he was a candidate for the pro- fessorship ; on which his Lordship had written to Sir Adolphus Oughton , offering his services to promote Dr Beattie's views . In consequence of this communication , he wrote to ...
... told Lord Dartmouth , that he was a candidate for the pro- fessorship ; on which his Lordship had written to Sir Adolphus Oughton , offering his services to promote Dr Beattie's views . In consequence of this communication , he wrote to ...
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... told all his reasons , and till it appear that they are all unsatisfactory . I have never told all my reasons : I have told those only which are of a less private nature : other reasons I could specify ; but they are of such a sort ...
... told all his reasons , and till it appear that they are all unsatisfactory . I have never told all my reasons : I have told those only which are of a less private nature : other reasons I could specify ; but they are of such a sort ...
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... told you , will not appear surprising . I have , however , added largely to my discourse on classical learning , and have been looking out for materials towards the finishing of my other little essays . If the subscription - affair ...
... told you , will not appear surprising . I have , however , added largely to my discourse on classical learning , and have been looking out for materials towards the finishing of my other little essays . If the subscription - affair ...
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... told him , " that it was a thing " of a private nature entirely ; projected , not by 66 me , but by some of my friends , who had con- " descended to charge themselves with the whole " trouble of it ; that it was never meant to be " made ...
... told him , " that it was a thing " of a private nature entirely ; projected , not by 66 me , but by some of my friends , who had con- " descended to charge themselves with the whole " trouble of it ; that it was never meant to be " made ...
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... told him , further , " that , considering the nature of this " subscription , and the high character of the per- " 6 sons who had proposed it , I could not have re- " fused my consent , without giving myself airs , " which would have ...
... told him , further , " that , considering the nature of this " subscription , and the high character of the per- " 6 sons who had proposed it , I could not have re- " fused my consent , without giving myself airs , " which would have ...
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