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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... mean time , but a very narrow scene for his ambition , it was probably instrumental , in no inconsiderable degree , to the future eminence of his literary character . Of Mr. Smith's lectures while a Professor at Glas- gow , no part has ...
... mean time , but a very narrow scene for his ambition , it was probably instrumental , in no inconsiderable degree , to the future eminence of his literary character . Of Mr. Smith's lectures while a Professor at Glas- gow , no part has ...
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... means of attaining them ; to which we may add all those literary compositions , whatever be their particular form , which have for their aim to fortify and animate our good dispositions , by delineations of the beauty , of the dignity ...
... means of attaining them ; to which we may add all those literary compositions , whatever be their particular form , which have for their aim to fortify and animate our good dispositions , by delineations of the beauty , of the dignity ...
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... means in the same degree , as if these circumstances were our own . That this imaginary change of place with other men , is the real source of the interest we take in their for- tunes , Mr. Smith attempts to prove by various instances ...
... means in the same degree , as if these circumstances were our own . That this imaginary change of place with other men , is the real source of the interest we take in their for- tunes , Mr. Smith attempts to prove by various instances ...
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... means of the principle of sympathy . When I attend only to the feelings of my own breast , my own happiness appears to me of far greater consequence than that of all the world besides . But I am conscious , that in this exces- sive ...
... means of the principle of sympathy . When I attend only to the feelings of my own breast , my own happiness appears to me of far greater consequence than that of all the world besides . But I am conscious , that in this exces- sive ...
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... means strictly synonymous , so as to divert the attention from a precise and steady conception of his proposition ; and a similar effect is , in other instances , produced by that diversity of forms , which , in the course of his ...
... means strictly synonymous , so as to divert the attention from a precise and steady conception of his proposition ; and a similar effect is , in other instances , produced by that diversity of forms , which , in the course of his ...
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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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