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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... attention that filial gratitude could dictate , during the long period of sixty years . * Mr. Smith , the father , was a native of Aberdeenshire , and in the earlier part of his life practised at Edinburgh as a writer to the Signet . He ...
... attention that filial gratitude could dictate , during the long period of sixty years . * Mr. Smith , the father , was a native of Aberdeenshire , and in the earlier part of his life practised at Edinburgh as a writer to the Signet . He ...
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... attention had 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 ...
... attention had 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 ...
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... attention to his favorite pursuits , and famil- iarizing his mind to those important speculations he was afterwards to communicate to the world . In this view , though it afforded , in the mean time , but a very narrow scene for his ...
... attention to his favorite pursuits , and famil- iarizing his mind to those important speculations he was afterwards to communicate to the world . In this view , though it afforded , in the mean time , but a very narrow scene for his ...
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... attention to the principles of those literary compositions which contribute to persua- sion or entertainment . By these arts , every thing that we perceive or feel , every operation of our minds , is expressed and delineated in such a ...
... attention to the principles of those literary compositions which contribute to persua- sion or entertainment . By these arts , every thing that we perceive or feel , every operation of our minds , is expressed and delineated in such a ...
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... attention of his audience , and to afford them pleasure , as well as instruction , in following the same object , through all the diversity of shades and aspects in which it was presented , and afterwards in tracing it backwards to that ...
... attention of his audience , and to afford them pleasure , as well as instruction , in following the same object , through all the diversity of shades and aspects in which it was presented , and afterwards in tracing it backwards to that ...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ... Dugald Stewart Volledige weergave - 1829 |
The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ... Dugald Stewart Volledige weergave - 1829 |
The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ... Dugald Stewart Volledige weergave - 1829 |
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