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... learning amongst the learned ; and from Aathing his wit upon minds bright enough to reflect it . He had disappointed my expectations fo long , that I began to defpair ; but in fpring , 1773 , he talked of coming to Scotland that year ...
... learning amongst the learned ; and from Aathing his wit upon minds bright enough to reflect it . He had disappointed my expectations fo long , that I began to defpair ; but in fpring , 1773 , he talked of coming to Scotland that year ...
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... learning and knowledge , which he communicated with peculiar perspi- cuity and force , in rich and choice expreffion . He united a moft logical head with a moft fer- tile imagination , which gave him an extraordi- nary advantage in ...
... learning and knowledge , which he communicated with peculiar perspi- cuity and force , in rich and choice expreffion . He united a moft logical head with a moft fer- tile imagination , which gave him an extraordi- nary advantage in ...
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... learning , faid , " they have been afraid it never would fall . " We fhewed him the Royal Infirmary , for which , and for every other exertion of generous publick fpirit in his power , that noble - minded citizen of Edinburgh , George ...
... learning , faid , " they have been afraid it never would fall . " We fhewed him the Royal Infirmary , for which , and for every other exertion of generous publick fpirit in his power , that noble - minded citizen of Edinburgh , George ...
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... faid his brother had her " by by way of penance . " Mr. Miftrefs of Edward IV . + Miftrefs of Louis XIV , Mr. Maclaurin's learning and talents enabled him to do his [ 44 ] Lord Hailes told him he was mistaken, in ...
... faid his brother had her " by by way of penance . " Mr. Miftrefs of Edward IV . + Miftrefs of Louis XIV , Mr. Maclaurin's learning and talents enabled him to do his [ 44 ] Lord Hailes told him he was mistaken, in ...
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James Boswell. Mr. Maclaurin's learning and talents enabled him to do his part very well in Dr. Johnson's company . He produced two epitaphs upon his father , the celebrated mathematician . One in English , of which Dr. Johnson did not ...
James Boswell. Mr. Maclaurin's learning and talents enabled him to do his part very well in Dr. Johnson's company . He produced two epitaphs upon his father , the celebrated mathematician . One in English , of which Dr. Johnson did not ...
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Page 23 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Page 418 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and...
Page 318 - This he said with good-humored English pleasantry. Soon afterwards, Corrichatachin, Col, and other friends assembled round my bed. Corri had a brandy bottle and glass with him, and insisted I should take a dram. "Ay," said Dr. Johnson, "fill him drunk again. Do it in the morning, that we may laugh at him all day. It is a poor thing for a fellow to get drunk at night, and skulk to bed, and let his friends have no sport.
Page 56 - We talked of change of manners. Dr. Johnson observed that our drinking less than our ancestors was owing to the change from ale to wine. "I remember," said he, "when all the decent people in Lichfield got drunk every night, and were not the worse thought of.
Page 318 - Prayer-book, I opened it at the twentieth Sunday after Trinity, in the epistle for which I read, " And be not drunk with wine, wherein there is excess.
Page 156 - Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Page 18 - As it rarely happens that a man is fit to plead his own cause, lawyers are a class of the community who, by study and experience, have acquired the art and power of arranging evidence and of applying to the points at issue what the law has settled. A lawyer is to do for his client all that his client might fairly do for himself if he could.
Page 273 - There is no tracing the connection of ancient nations, but by language ; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.
Page 213 - Tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and Tartan hose. He had jet black hair tied behind, and was a large stately man, with a steady sensible countenance.