The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith. Account of the life and writings of William Robertson. Account of the life and writings of Thomas Reid. Tracts respecting the election of Mr. Leslie to the professorship of mathematics in the university of EdinburghHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... habits which remained with him through life , of speak- ing to himself when alone , and of absence in company . * George Drysdale , Esq . of Kirkaldy , brother of the late Dr. Drysdale . From the grammar - school of Kirkaldy , he was 4 ...
... habits which remained with him through life , of speak- ing to himself when alone , and of absence in company . * George Drysdale , Esq . of Kirkaldy , brother of the late Dr. Drysdale . From the grammar - school of Kirkaldy , he was 4 ...
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... habit of the imagination . In the case of the unsocial passions of hatred and resentment , the sympathy of the spectator is divided between the person who feels the passion , and the per- son who is the object of it . " We are concerned ...
... habit of the imagination . In the case of the unsocial passions of hatred and resentment , the sympathy of the spectator is divided between the person who feels the passion , and the per- son who is the object of it . " We are concerned ...
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... habits of intimacy in which he lived with the most respectable of its inhabitants , afforded him an opportu- nity of deriving what commercial information he stood in need of , from the best sources ; and it is a circum- stance no less ...
... habits of intimacy in which he lived with the most respectable of its inhabitants , afforded him an opportu- nity of deriving what commercial information he stood in need of , from the best sources ; and it is a circum- stance no less ...
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... habits , was not without its advantages . He had hitherto lived chiefly within the walls of an Uni- versity ; and although to a mind like his , the observation of human nature on the smallest scale is sufficient to convey a tolerably ...
... habits , was not without its advantages . He had hitherto lived chiefly within the walls of an Uni- versity ; and although to a mind like his , the observation of human nature on the smallest scale is sufficient to convey a tolerably ...
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... been for some time accustomed to , but was so congenial to his natural disposition , and to his first habits , that it was with the utmost difficulty he was ever persuaded to leave it . During the 46 ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
... been for some time accustomed to , but was so congenial to his natural disposition , and to his first habits , that it was with the utmost difficulty he was ever persuaded to leave it . During the 46 ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
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