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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... religion and good morals , the fol- lowing incident should not be omitted : Two vessels , bound from London to Leith , were cast away on the coast between Dunbar and North Berwick , and two - and - twenty persons drown- ed ; the wrecks ...
... religion and good morals , the fol- lowing incident should not be omitted : Two vessels , bound from London to Leith , were cast away on the coast between Dunbar and North Berwick , and two - and - twenty persons drown- ed ; the wrecks ...
Page 16
... religion , and they who consider the value of religious education , are to have no aid where that might be expected , what is to come next ? If Dr Beattie shrinks , will not every man of ability 16 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
... religion , and they who consider the value of religious education , are to have no aid where that might be expected , what is to come next ? If Dr Beattie shrinks , will not every man of ability 16 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
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... a new one ; but his Lordship seems to be one of the . * Considerations on the Theory of Religion , by Edmund , Lord Bishop of Carlisle , p . 431 . most sanguine of its adherents . Some of the ob- 46 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
... a new one ; but his Lordship seems to be one of the . * Considerations on the Theory of Religion , by Edmund , Lord Bishop of Carlisle , p . 431 . most sanguine of its adherents . Some of the ob- 46 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
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... Religion . ' That you , Madam , may be the better enabled to judge between him and me , I send it to you in a sepa- rate packet , which will be delivered along with this . " I never saw Dr Priestley ; I greatly esteem his talents as a ...
... Religion . ' That you , Madam , may be the better enabled to judge between him and me , I send it to you in a sepa- rate packet , which will be delivered along with this . " I never saw Dr Priestley ; I greatly esteem his talents as a ...
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... religious opinions would , no doubt , if I were to declare them , sufficiently account for , and vindicate , my becoming a member of the Church of England : and I flatter myself , that my studies , way of life , and habits of thinking ...
... religious opinions would , no doubt , if I were to declare them , sufficiently account for , and vindicate , my becoming a member of the Church of England : and I flatter myself , that my studies , way of life , and habits of thinking ...
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