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Page v
... writers concur ; and I could not presume to advance any bold paradoxes , when I was con- vinced that I should want authorities , or sufficient ingenuity , to support them . A French writer of the present century , M. de St. Foix , in ...
... writers concur ; and I could not presume to advance any bold paradoxes , when I was con- vinced that I should want authorities , or sufficient ingenuity , to support them . A French writer of the present century , M. de St. Foix , in ...
Page vii
... writers , and illustrious characters , who claimed their attention in their early studies ; the reverence for whom seems to increase , like the magnitude of mountains , in proportion to our distance from them . A great object approached ...
... writers , and illustrious characters , who claimed their attention in their early studies ; the reverence for whom seems to increase , like the magnitude of mountains , in proportion to our distance from them . A great object approached ...
Page xvi
... writers of the great statesmen and generals who lived at the same time ; but by discovering to what party each writer ad- hered , or what principles he espoused , we general- ly have sufficient grounds for abatement of praise or censure ...
... writers of the great statesmen and generals who lived at the same time ; but by discovering to what party each writer ad- hered , or what principles he espoused , we general- ly have sufficient grounds for abatement of praise or censure ...
Page xxvi
... writers for one who appears among us , ( when too the course of study and the discipline in our University are excellent , ) must be ascribed to the truely patriotick attention with which the gentle- men of North Britain cherish and ...
... writers for one who appears among us , ( when too the course of study and the discipline in our University are excellent , ) must be ascribed to the truely patriotick attention with which the gentle- men of North Britain cherish and ...
Page xxix
... writers of merit , nay even for their families , when they are left without other support than the bounty of the nation . The general neglect of letters is not however a hopeless deficiency ; for no people have naturally brighter ...
... writers of merit , nay even for their families , when they are left without other support than the bounty of the nation . The general neglect of letters is not however a hopeless deficiency ; for no people have naturally brighter ...
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