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... published a translation of Goethe's ' Faust , and the same year became an advocate at the Scottish bar ; in 1841 he accepted the chair of humanity in Marischal College , Aberdeen . This position he held until , in 1852 , he was ...
... published a translation of Goethe's ' Faust , and the same year became an advocate at the Scottish bar ; in 1841 he accepted the chair of humanity in Marischal College , Aberdeen . This position he held until , in 1852 , he was ...
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... published a poem entitled a Satire on Wit , in which he assailed his literary contemporaries on the score of irreligion and grossness . The worthy man became the common butt of his day , being attacked by Dryden , Pope , and Swift , not ...
... published a poem entitled a Satire on Wit , in which he assailed his literary contemporaries on the score of irreligion and grossness . The worthy man became the common butt of his day , being attacked by Dryden , Pope , and Swift , not ...
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... published the ad- mired verses called the ' Lawyer's Farewell to His Muse , ' which appeared in ' Dodsley's Mis- cellany . In 1743 he was elected Fellow of All- Souls College , Oxford , and in 1746 was called to the bar , and commenced ...
... published the ad- mired verses called the ' Lawyer's Farewell to His Muse , ' which appeared in ' Dodsley's Mis- cellany . In 1743 he was elected Fellow of All- Souls College , Oxford , and in 1746 was called to the bar , and commenced ...
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... published at London in 1737. A second edition of the work appeared in 1746 , and shortly after Proofs of the Inquiry into Homer's Life and Writings . In 1748 he published anonymously Letters Concerning My- thology . ' In the course of ...
... published at London in 1737. A second edition of the work appeared in 1746 , and shortly after Proofs of the Inquiry into Homer's Life and Writings . In 1748 he published anonymously Letters Concerning My- thology . ' In the course of ...
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... published his lectures , which received very high praise . In 1763 he published a dissertation on the Poems of Os- sian , in the authenticity of which he firmly believed . It was not till 1777 that he could be pre- vailed upon to offer ...
... published his lectures , which received very high praise . In 1763 he published a dissertation on the Poems of Os- sian , in the authenticity of which he firmly believed . It was not till 1777 that he could be pre- vailed upon to offer ...
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Page 106 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 106 - Society ; the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of Glasgow in 1806; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the French Institute.
Page 200 - Yet do I believe that all this is true, which indeed my reason would persuade me to be false ; and this I think is no vulgar part of faith, to believe a thing not only above, but contrary to reason, and against the arguments of our proper senses.
Page 130 - Authority of Holy Scripture (1891); The Bible, the Church, and the Reason (1892); The Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch (1893); The Messiah of the Gospels...
Page 13 - ... apple, plum, orange or nut to each tree. What would be the result? In five staples only, in the United States alone, the inexhaustible forces of Nature would .produce annually, without effort and without cost, 5,200,000 extra bushels of corn, 15,000,000 extra bushels of wheat, 20,000,000 extra bushels of oats, 1,500,000 extra bushels of barley, 21,000,000 extra bushels of potatoes.
Page 105 - B. resolved to make the attempt with such assistance as he could obtain from private individuals. He, however, previously went to Paris, to improve his acquaintance with physical and mathematical science. His reception from the French literati was extremely flattering. A public eulogium was pronounced on him at a meeting of the institute, and an advantageous appointment was offered him by the French government. To obtain funds for the prosecution of his favorite project, B. also published a translation...