An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L.L.D...Isaac Riley, 1806 - 559 páginas |
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... notes at the bottom of the page , though in opposition to the authority of some distinguished historical and biographical writers , who throw all their notes , how short soever , to the end of the volume ; a mode which I have always ...
... notes at the bottom of the page , though in opposition to the authority of some distinguished historical and biographical writers , who throw all their notes , how short soever , to the end of the volume ; a mode which I have always ...
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... after he had ceased to be an academical student , he wrote a book of notes on the Iliad , which has been found among his papers since his death . It con- liver a discourse , which met with much commendation , b2 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
... after he had ceased to be an academical student , he wrote a book of notes on the Iliad , which has been found among his papers since his death . It con- liver a discourse , which met with much commendation , b2 LIFE OF DR BEATTIE .
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... notes in the same manner , most accurately written in a fair hand on the interleaved pages . Longinus on the Sublime is prepared for the same purpose , but no notes are written . In his copy of Virgil in Usum Delphini there are a few ...
... notes in the same manner , most accurately written in a fair hand on the interleaved pages . Longinus on the Sublime is prepared for the same purpose , but no notes are written . In his copy of Virgil in Usum Delphini there are a few ...
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... note on p . 9 , as the patron of the village of Lawrencekirk , which was on his estate . James Burnet of Monboddo , also one of the judges of the supreme court of law in Scotland , by the title of Lord Monboddo , well known in the ...
... note on p . 9 , as the patron of the village of Lawrencekirk , which was on his estate . James Burnet of Monboddo , also one of the judges of the supreme court of law in Scotland , by the title of Lord Monboddo , well known in the ...
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... Co- lumbus . Those ravagers are said to have made their first descent on the islands in the Gulf of Florida , of which Cuba is one . - Note of the poet . " She eyed the main ; where gaining on the LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 35.
... Co- lumbus . Those ravagers are said to have made their first descent on the islands in the Gulf of Florida , of which Cuba is one . - Note of the poet . " She eyed the main ; where gaining on the LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 35.
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L. L. D William Forbes Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L. L. D William Forbes Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Aberdeen acquainted admire agreeable amusement Arbuthnot Archbishop of York attention BEATTIE TO SIR believe Bishop Bishop of Chester Bishop of London character Christian composition critical death Dr Beattie Dr Beattie's Dr Blacklock Dr Gregory Dr Johnson Dr Priestley DUTCHESS OF GORDON Edinburgh edition elegant English entertain Essay on Truth excellent express favour friends friendship genius give Gordon Castle Grace happy heard heart honour hope human Hume Lady language late learning literary London Lord Lord Lyttelton Lord Monboddo manner Marischal College merit mind Minstrel Montagu moral nature never occasion opinion particular person Peterhead philosophy pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry present principles printed published reason received religion respect sceptical Scotland seems seen sentiments Sir Joshua SIR WILLIAM FORBES society soon style talents taste thing thought tion told translation Virgil virtue wish words write written
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Página 306 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Página 498 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find.
Página 306 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 543 - Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Página 14 - Thy shades, thy silence, now be mine, Thy charms my only theme ; My haunt the hollow cliff, whose pine Waves o'er the gloomy stream, Whence! the scared owl on pinions grey Breaks from the rustling boughs, And down the lone vale sails away To more profound repose.
Página 191 - Reynolds,, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse.
Página 351 - True wit is nature to advantage dressed, — What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Página 340 - I know not who will go to heaven if Langton does not. Sir, I could almost say, Sit anima mea cum Langtono.
Página 520 - gainst Passion's threatful blast Let steady Reason urge the struggling oar ; Shot through the dreary gloom, the morn at last Gives to thy longing eye the blissful shore. Forget my frailties, thou art also frail ; Forgive my lapses, for thyself may'st fall ; Nor read, unmoved, my artless tender tale, — I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all.
Página 79 - See the grisly texture grow, ("Tis of human entrails made,) And the weights, that play below, Each a gasping warrior's head. Shafts for shuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along Sword, that once a Monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and strong.