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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... never been direct- ed to more important acquisitions . After a residence at Oxford of seven years , he re- turned to Kirkaldy , and lived two years with his mother ; engaged in study , but without any fixed plan for his fu- ture life ...
... never been direct- ed to more important acquisitions . After a residence at Oxford of seven years , he re- turned to Kirkaldy , and lived two years with his mother ; engaged in study , but without any fixed plan for his fu- ture life ...
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... never fail- ed to interest his hearers . Each discourse consisted commonly of several distinct propositions , which he suc- cessively endeavoured to prove and illustrate . These propositions , when announced in general terms , had ...
... never fail- ed to interest his hearers . Each discourse consisted commonly of several distinct propositions , which he suc- cessively endeavoured to prove and illustrate . These propositions , when announced in general terms , had ...
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... never so graceful as the one set , nor so odious as the other . Even when excessive , they are never so disagreeable as excessive resentment ; because no opposite sympathy can ever interest us against them : and when most suitable to ...
... never so graceful as the one set , nor so odious as the other . Even when excessive , they are never so disagreeable as excessive resentment ; because no opposite sympathy can ever interest us against them : and when most suitable to ...
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... never injured me , merely because they stand in the way of my own , I perceive evidently , that society will sympathize with his resentment , and that I shall become the object of gene- ral indignation . When , upon any occasion , I am ...
... never injured me , merely because they stand in the way of my own , I perceive evidently , that society will sympathize with his resentment , and that I shall become the object of gene- ral indignation . When , upon any occasion , I am ...
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... never exhibit , in any two instances , a perfect uniformity . But whether they have been real- ized or no , is often a question of little consequence . In most cases , it is of more importance to ascertain the progress that is most ...
... never exhibit , in any two instances , a perfect uniformity . But whether they have been real- ized or no , is often a question of little consequence . In most cases , it is of more importance to ascertain the progress that is most ...
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