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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... 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 remarks on the different sorts of LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 47.
... 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 remarks on the different sorts of LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 47.
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... remarks on the different sorts of ludicrous composition , and an attempt to account for the superiority of the moderns over the ancients , in the articles of wit and humour . I have written fifty pages , and shall have nearly as many ...
... remarks on the different sorts of ludicrous composition , and an attempt to account for the superiority of the moderns over the ancients , in the articles of wit and humour . I have written fifty pages , and shall have nearly as many ...
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... liberty to send you " a copy of a sheet , that will soon be published , “ in which I announce my intention to remark 6.6 " upon the principles of your Essay on Truth . ' 6 " I am , reverend Sir , your very LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 73.
... liberty to send you " a copy of a sheet , that will soon be published , “ in which I announce my intention to remark 6.6 " upon the principles of your Essay on Truth . ' 6 " I am , reverend Sir , your very LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 73.
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... disap- probation of it ; but that he has read it atten- tively , and without prejudice , is not clear . Cer- tain it is , that every one of his remarks on me , as they appear in this preface , is founded in 74 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
... disap- probation of it ; but that he has read it atten- tively , and without prejudice , is not clear . Cer- tain it is , that every one of his remarks on me , as they appear in this preface , is founded in 74 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
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... the very reverse . The attack of Dr * Priestley's Remarks on Dr Beattie's Essay , p . 115 . Preface to " Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit , " P. xiii . Priestley , however , gave him no concern . He 96 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
... the very reverse . The attack of Dr * Priestley's Remarks on Dr Beattie's Essay , p . 115 . Preface to " Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit , " P. xiii . Priestley , however , gave him no concern . He 96 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
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