An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie: Including Many of His Original Letters, Volum 3Archibald Constable and Company, 1807 |
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... perusal of his excellent compositions , they were forced to look for them in scattered parts , and in separate volumes . There is , indeed , a magnifi- cent edition , in quarto , by Baskerville , of the writings of Addison ; but that ...
... perusal of his excellent compositions , they were forced to look for them in scattered parts , and in separate volumes . There is , indeed , a magnifi- cent edition , in quarto , by Baskerville , of the writings of Addison ; but that ...
Pàgina 2
... perusal of some anecdotes of his life not gene- rally to be met with . Such a selection , there- fore , from his prose - writings only , together with a critique on his style and manner of writing , it was thought would be a most ...
... perusal of some anecdotes of his life not gene- rally to be met with . Such a selection , there- fore , from his prose - writings only , together with a critique on his style and manner of writing , it was thought would be a most ...
Pàgina 93
... perusal he had submitted the manu- script , took the liberty of representing to him , that of those humorous pieces , of which Dr Beattie was himself exceedingly fond , although they had no doubt been highly relished by the domestic ...
... perusal he had submitted the manu- script , took the liberty of representing to him , that of those humorous pieces , of which Dr Beattie was himself exceedingly fond , although they had no doubt been highly relished by the domestic ...
Pàgina 134
... perusal of your son's ' Life , ' and the English part of his works . To her acknow- ledgments I must add my own and Mrs Porteus's , who are both of us no less delighted with this publication . Among the Latin poems , I am par- ticularly ...
... perusal of your son's ' Life , ' and the English part of his works . To her acknow- ledgments I must add my own and Mrs Porteus's , who are both of us no less delighted with this publication . Among the Latin poems , I am par- ticularly ...
Pàgina 193
... perusal of Homer , in which he had scrupulously marked the number of days he had bestowed on each book . But , on farther reflection , I have chosen to omit the diary , as this exertion of study does not seem to exceed what any young ...
... perusal of Homer , in which he had scrupulously marked the number of days he had bestowed on each book . But , on farther reflection , I have chosen to omit the diary , as this exertion of study does not seem to exceed what any young ...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie: Including ..., Volum 3 Sir William Forbes Visualització completa - 1807 |
An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie: Including ..., Volum 3 Sir William Forbes Visualització completa - 1807 |
An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie: Including ..., Volum 3 Sir William Forbes Visualització completa - 1807 |
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Pàgina 260 - O 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, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Pàgina 167 - 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.
Pàgina 232 - Tytler, William. An inquiry, historical and critical, into the evidence against Mary, queen of Scots, and an examination of the histories of Dr. Robertson and Mr. Hume, with respect to that evidence.
Pàgina 210 - Lybia's burning sand ? Or does some isle thy parting flight detain, Where roves the Indian through primeval shades, Haunts the pure pleasures of the sylvan reign, And led by reason's light the path of nature treads. IV.— 3. On Cuba's utmost steep Far leaning o'er the deep The Goddess
Pàgina 58 - The pale descending year, yet pleasing still, A gentler mood inspires; for now the leaf Incessant rustles from the mournful grove ; Oft startling such as, studious, walk below, And slowly circles through the waving air.
Pàgina 91 - More than my brother," for a quarter of a century, I dare not trust myself to speak of what he was to me ; of what I know I was to him. I never heard words spoken with...
Pàgina 85 - KNOWING with what kindness and condescension your grace is interested in every thing that concerns me and my family, I take the liberty to inform you that my son James is dead ; that the last duties to him are now paid ; and that I am endeavouring to return, with the little ability that is left me, and with entire submission to the will of Providence, to the ordinary business of life. I have lost one who was always a pleasing companion ; but who. for the last five or six years, was one of the most...
Pàgina 137 - and consider your hands and fingers, your legs and feet, and other limbs ; are they not regular in their appearance, and useful to you ? ' He said they were. ' Came you then hither,' said I, 'by chance ?' 'No,' he answered, 'that cannot be ; something must have made me.
Pàgina 246 - ... not only in the life of Dr Beattie, but even in the literary history of his country, that I feel it as a duty to offer to those of my younger readers, who may not yet be acquainted with the work, a short abstract of its contents : and I should be proud to think, that...
Pàgina 160 - They very much resemble what his conversation was. He had none of the airs of either a scholar or a poet ; and though on those and all other subjects he spoke to me with the utmost freedom, and without any reserve, he was, in general company, much more silent than one could have wished.