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... BEATTIE , L.L.D. Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Marischal College , or University of New Aberdeen ; Member of the Zealand Society of Arts and Sci- ences , & c . & c . THE pretensions attendant upon birth , are gene ...
... BEATTIE , L.L.D. Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Marischal College , or University of New Aberdeen ; Member of the Zealand Society of Arts and Sci- ences , & c . & c . THE pretensions attendant upon birth , are gene ...
Page 469
... Beattie . Certain it is , that he acted in the capacity of a school- inaster during a considerable portion of the earlier part of his life , first at Alloa in Fifeshire , and after- wards in Kincardineshire . At length an opportunity ...
... Beattie . Certain it is , that he acted in the capacity of a school- inaster during a considerable portion of the earlier part of his life , first at Alloa in Fifeshire , and after- wards in Kincardineshire . At length an opportunity ...
Page 474
... Beattie . We accordingly find that several of them addressed their poetical effusions to him , and we the more readily insert the following verses , written by Dr. Geddes , no less celebrated for his profound learning , than his playful ...
... Beattie . We accordingly find that several of them addressed their poetical effusions to him , and we the more readily insert the following verses , written by Dr. Geddes , no less celebrated for his profound learning , than his playful ...
Page 476
... Beattie named his eldest son after this nobleman . " He was baptised James Hay , by permission of JAMES HAY , EARL OF ERROL , who had patronized me , " says he , " at an early period of my life , and ever after honoured me with his ...
... Beattie named his eldest son after this nobleman . " He was baptised James Hay , by permission of JAMES HAY , EARL OF ERROL , who had patronized me , " says he , " at an early period of my life , and ever after honoured me with his ...
Page 479
... Beattie much fame , a small pension , and a large portion of friends ; among whom are to be reckoned Dr. Gregory of Edinburgh , the Earl of Mansfield , Mrs. Montague ... BEATTIE . 479 This publication obtained for Mr. Beattie much ...
... Beattie much fame , a small pension , and a large portion of friends ; among whom are to be reckoned Dr. Gregory of Edinburgh , the Earl of Mansfield , Mrs. Montague ... BEATTIE . 479 This publication obtained for Mr. Beattie much ...
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Page 471 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Page 487 - I therefore told him the name of the Great Being who made him and all the world ; concerning whose adorable nature I gave him such information as I thought he could in some measure comprehend. The lesson affected him greatly, and he never forgot either it, or the circumstance that introduced it.
Page 523 - ... of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him, more than any other person ; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honourable, so was his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, — will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity.
Page 470 - THE design was to trace the progress of a Poetical Genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a Minstrel...
Page 526 - ... which had ever marked his character, till long after the action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him more than any other person; but it is some .consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honorable, so was his death glorious.
Page 102 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void ; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void ; and therefore in 8 E 330 ab Thomas Tregor's case on the statutes of W.
Page 471 - Edwin's birth ; The parent's transport, and the parent's care ; The gossip's prayer for wealth, and wit, and worth ; And one long summer-day of indolence and mirth; VOL.
Page 157 - ... men. All eyes were fixed on them, all ears open to hear them ; each party gaped, and looked alternately for their vote, almost to the end of their speeches. While the House hung in this uncertainty, now the hear-hims...
Page 156 - His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water.— And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more tedious, or more earnest, than the pre-conceived opinions, and present temper of his hearers required ; to whom he was always in perfect unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the house ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it.
Page 250 - But man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.