Memoirs of the life and writings of ... Henry Home of Kames [by A.F. Tytler]. |
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... shews , that his mind retained its usual activity , and delighted in an extensive range of useful speculation . The ingenious Dr TUCKER , Dean of Gloucester , and afterwards of Bristol , had , through the medium of Messrs Foulis of ...
... shews , that his mind retained its usual activity , and delighted in an extensive range of useful speculation . The ingenious Dr TUCKER , Dean of Gloucester , and afterwards of Bristol , had , through the medium of Messrs Foulis of ...
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... shew , that the correspondence was carried on for many years with mutual satisfaction * . The reputation of Mr HARRIS of Salisbury for his know- ledge in universal grammar , evinced by his Hermes , and his other ingenious and classical ...
... shew , that the correspondence was carried on for many years with mutual satisfaction * . The reputation of Mr HARRIS of Salisbury for his know- ledge in universal grammar , evinced by his Hermes , and his other ingenious and classical ...
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... shews to be in a progressive state of improvement , from the time of the institution of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Arts , in the year 1727 , and to have increased five - fold within the preceding eighteen years ...
... shews to be in a progressive state of improvement , from the time of the institution of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Arts , in the year 1727 , and to have increased five - fold within the preceding eighteen years ...
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... shew the expediency of encouraging the culture of flax of the native growth of the country . At the time when the pamphlet * The progress of the linen - manufacture in Scotland , from the year 1727 to the present time , may be ...
... shew the expediency of encouraging the culture of flax of the native growth of the country . At the time when the pamphlet * The progress of the linen - manufacture in Scotland , from the year 1727 to the present time , may be ...
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... shews also , that no crop is more valuable to the farmer , or yields a quicker return for the labour and cost of cultivation * . But in his laudable endeavours for the promotion of ma- Landholders nufactures , Lord Kames did not confine ...
... shews also , that no crop is more valuable to the farmer , or yields a quicker return for the labour and cost of cultivation * . But in his laudable endeavours for the promotion of ma- Landholders nufactures , Lord Kames did not confine ...
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Page 225 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.
Page 225 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth?
Page 210 - He therefore that is about children should well study their natures and aptitudes, and see by often trials what turn they easily take, and what becomes them...
Page 115 - I'll make my men break ope his fences, Ride o'er his standing corn, and in the night Set fire on his barns, or break his cattle's legs : These trespasses draw on suits, and suits expenses, Which I can spare, but will soon beggar him.
Page 82 - And yet there remains among that people so much respect, veneration, and affection for Britain, that, if cultivated prudently, with a kind usage and tenderness for their privileges, they might be easily governed still for ages, without force or any considerable expense. But I do not see here a sufficient quantity of the wisdom, that is necessary to produce such a conduct, and I lament the want of it...
Page 119 - But that trade which, without force or constraint, is naturally and regularly carried on between any two places is always advantageous, though not always equally so, to both.
Page 116 - I am now on my main work, with the Lord Lovell ; The gallant-minded, popular Lord Lovell, The minion of the people's love. I hear He's come into the country ; and my aims are To insinuate myself into his knowledge, And then invite him to my house. Mar.
Page 123 - I was a scholar : seven useful springs Did I deflower in quotations Of cross'd opinions 'bout the soul of man ; The more I learnt, the more I learnt to doubt. Delight...
Page 85 - Food is always necessary to all, and much the greatest part of the labor of mankind is employed in raising provisions for the mouth. Is not this kind of labor, then, the fittest to be the standard by which to measure the values of all other labor, and consequently of all other things whose value depends on the labor of making or procuring them?
Page 210 - For in many cases, all that we can do, or should aim at, is, to make the best of what nature has given, to prevent the vices and faults to which such a constitution is most inclined, and give it all the advantages it is capable of. Every one's natural genius should be carried as far as it could ; but to attempt the putting another upon him, will be but labour in vain ; and what is so plastered on, will at best sit but untowardly, and have always hanging to it the ungracefulness of constraint and...