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, Том 2Arch. Constable and Company, Edinburgh; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, T. Cadell and W. Davies, and John Murray, London., 1807 - 388 стор. |
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... essays . If the subscription - affair succeed , I hope I shall have every thing in readiness in due time . I understand , by a letter from Mr Gregory to one of his friends here , that he has been obliged to lay aside the scheme of ...
... essays . If the subscription - affair succeed , I hope I shall have every thing in readiness in due time . I understand , by a letter from Mr Gregory to one of his friends here , that he has been obliged to lay aside the scheme of ...
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... by sub- scription , an edition of his " Essay on Truth , " by which , it was hoped , a considerable sum might be raised . It was by no means intended to ad- vertise it publicly ; but merely to conduct it pri- LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 35.
... by sub- scription , an edition of his " Essay on Truth , " by which , it was hoped , a considerable sum might be raised . It was by no means intended to ad- vertise it publicly ; but merely to conduct it pri- LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 35.
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... Essay on Laughter , ' which I sketched out about ten years ago . I intend that it shall be one of my addi- tional essays it is a grave philosophical enquiry into the nature of those objects that provoke 6 laughter , with critical ...
... Essay on Laughter , ' which I sketched out about ten years ago . I intend that it shall be one of my addi- tional essays it is a grave philosophical enquiry into the nature of those objects that provoke 6 laughter , with critical ...
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... Essay on Truth . ' Pray go on with a " subject you have so successfully begun . Let us soon see the good , the innocent , the guiltless Edwin ( no more your own , since the time you have been pleased to show him to the public ) ...
... Essay on Truth . ' Pray go on with a " subject you have so successfully begun . Let us soon see the good , the innocent , the guiltless Edwin ( no more your own , since the time you have been pleased to show him to the public ) ...
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... Essay , ' & c . and given it a second reading . The whole pleases me more and more . I have been particularly delighted with the second chapter of Part III . The critical account you there give of Aristotle's Works , & c .; the fate of ...
... Essay , ' & c . and given it a second reading . The whole pleases me more and more . I have been particularly delighted with the second chapter of Part III . The critical account you there give of Aristotle's Works , & c .; the fate of ...
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