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Page xiv
... enjoying happiness . Well balanced in itself by the nice proportion and adjustment of its faculties , it did not incline him to any of those eccen- tricities , either of opinion or of action , which are too often the lot of genius ...
... enjoying happiness . Well balanced in itself by the nice proportion and adjustment of its faculties , it did not incline him to any of those eccen- tricities , either of opinion or of action , which are too often the lot of genius ...
Page xv
... enjoyed the blessings of his private and domestic connection . In April , 1748 , he married his cousin Katharine Bannatine , daughter of the Reverend James Bannatine , one of the mi- nisters of Edinburgh . By her he had a son who died ...
... enjoyed the blessings of his private and domestic connection . In April , 1748 , he married his cousin Katharine Bannatine , daughter of the Reverend James Bannatine , one of the mi- nisters of Edinburgh . By her he had a son who died ...
Page xvi
... enjoy the ac- cession of emolument and fame which he expected it would bring . But the seeds of a mortal disease were lurking unper- ceived within him . On the 24th of December 1800 , he com- plained of a pain in his bowels , which ...
... enjoy the ac- cession of emolument and fame which he expected it would bring . But the seeds of a mortal disease were lurking unper- ceived within him . On the 24th of December 1800 , he com- plained of a pain in his bowels , which ...
Page xviii
... enjoyed the in- " estimable blessing of his immediate instruction , it will not " be necessary to describe the qualities of that luminous , fas- " cinating eloquence with which he was accustomed to warm , " and ravish , and amend your ...
... enjoyed the in- " estimable blessing of his immediate instruction , it will not " be necessary to describe the qualities of that luminous , fas- " cinating eloquence with which he was accustomed to warm , " and ravish , and amend your ...
Page xix
... enjoy a distinguished portion of felicity . And per " haps there never was a man who experienced more com- " pletely that the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness , and " that all her paths are peace . His Country was proud of ❝his ...
... enjoy a distinguished portion of felicity . And per " haps there never was a man who experienced more com- " pletely that the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness , and " that all her paths are peace . His Country was proud of ❝his ...
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