An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, Including Many of His Original Letters, Vol. 1 of 3 The Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, Including Many of His Original Letters, in Three Volumes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, Including Many of His Original Letters, Vol. 1 of 3: The Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, Including Many of His Original Letters, in Three Volumes

Keeplng ln View this 'rule of Mr Mason's, it is my purpose to give to the world some account of the late DR beattie a man, whose life, if it does not afford many'strik mg Incidents, yet furnishes no unuseful les son, and no mean incentive, to men of ge nius, how Obscur'e soever their origin may be, or unpromising their early prospec'ts; as it shews the degree of celebrity and in.

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