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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... Grace had written to me soon after my return to Scotland , to congratulate me on my late success ; and , by a very delicate hint , he gave me an opportunity of explaining , whether I would now confine my future views to this country ...
... Grace had written to me soon after my return to Scotland , to congratulate me on my late success ; and , by a very delicate hint , he gave me an opportunity of explaining , whether I would now confine my future views to this country ...
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... Grace was pleased to approve of them ; nay , he condescended so far as to say , they did me ho- nour . I told his Grace , moreover , that I had al- ready given a great deal of trouble to my noble and generous patrons in England , and ...
... Grace was pleased to approve of them ; nay , he condescended so far as to say , they did me ho- nour . I told his Grace , moreover , that I had al- ready given a great deal of trouble to my noble and generous patrons in England , and ...
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... grace- ful , would appear as ridiculous as the chattering of a parrot , or the grinning of a monkey . For the moment we are pleased with the imitation of sounds and gesture in the parrot or the ape , ( but that pleasure not arising from ...
... grace- ful , would appear as ridiculous as the chattering of a parrot , or the grinning of a monkey . For the moment we are pleased with the imitation of sounds and gesture in the parrot or the ape , ( but that pleasure not arising from ...
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... Grace's health is not quite what we could wish . I could indulge myself in no longer than one day's delay at Bishop's Thorpe . I then made the best of my way to London , and , after a very short stay there , came to Tunbridge . I have ...
... Grace's health is not quite what we could wish . I could indulge myself in no longer than one day's delay at Bishop's Thorpe . I then made the best of my way to London , and , after a very short stay there , came to Tunbridge . I have ...
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... Grace , the honour of whose intimate acquaintance I have long had the happiness to enjoy , distinguished Dr Beattie , du- ring many years , by her friendship and correspondence , which were returned , on his part , by every respectful ...
... Grace , the honour of whose intimate acquaintance I have long had the happiness to enjoy , distinguished Dr Beattie , du- ring many years , by her friendship and correspondence , which were returned , on his part , by every respectful ...
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