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Page 53
... the son a master and a model — a reve- rend teacher and a favourite study . Such a happy state of things makes the biography before us very attractive . It is in ( 53 ) 5 * # itself good , though , probably not as interesting.
... the son a master and a model — a reve- rend teacher and a favourite study . Such a happy state of things makes the biography before us very attractive . It is in ( 53 ) 5 * # itself good , though , probably not as interesting.
Page 55
... of know ing and doing , which is of more value than any thing one can re- ceive from another . Here too , was he happy in that friendship with Robert Hall , which probably did more for his LIFE OF SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH . 55.
... of know ing and doing , which is of more value than any thing one can re- ceive from another . Here too , was he happy in that friendship with Robert Hall , which probably did more for his LIFE OF SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH . 55.
Page 57
... happy portent . Compare it with the London experiment of the poet Crabbe , made known to us not long since by the pen of his son . Do we not see here a comment on the hackneyed text , " Sweet are the uses of adversity , " and find ...
... happy portent . Compare it with the London experiment of the poet Crabbe , made known to us not long since by the pen of his son . Do we not see here a comment on the hackneyed text , " Sweet are the uses of adversity , " and find ...
Page 59
... happy to a degree , which those who are born to minister to the moment can never comprehend . For theirs are hours of " deep and uncom- municable joy , " hours when the oracle within boldly predicts the time when that which is divine in ...
... happy to a degree , which those who are born to minister to the moment can never comprehend . For theirs are hours of " deep and uncom- municable joy , " hours when the oracle within boldly predicts the time when that which is divine in ...
Page 69
... happy enough to feel nature— wise enough to follow nature . " Lochiel " is what it should be , a wild , breezy symphony , from the romantic Highlands . There are , in fact , flat lines and tame passages in " Lochiel ; " but I should ...
... happy enough to feel nature— wise enough to follow nature . " Lochiel " is what it should be , a wild , breezy symphony , from the romantic Highlands . There are , in fact , flat lines and tame passages in " Lochiel ; " but I should ...
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