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" The studies in which he delighted, were little calculated to draw on him the patronage of the great ; and he was unskilled in the art of courting advancement, by ' fashioning his doctrines to the varying hour. "
The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 281
1804
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Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Reid ...

Dugald Stewart - 1803 - 238 pages
...which he fupported in fociety, was the well-earned re~ ward of his own academical labours. The ftudies in which he delighted, were little .calculated to...draw on him the patronage of the great ; and he was unfkifled in the art of courting advancement, by ." fafhion" ing his doctrines to the varying hour."...
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The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 22

1803 - 752 pages
...which he Supported in fociety, was the well-earned reward of his own academical labours. 1 he ftudies in which he delighted, were little calculated to draw on him the patronage of the great ; and he was unflcilled in the art of courting advancement, by •' faihioning his doftrines to the varying hour."...
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The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History ..., Volume 65

1803 - 926 pages
...which he fupported in fociety, was the well-earned reward of his own academical labours. The ftudies in which he delighted, were little calculated to draw on him the ' patronage of the great ; and he wai unikiiled in the art of courting advancement, by " fafhioning his doctrines to the varying hour."...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 624 pages
...supported in society, was the well-earned reward of his own academical labours. The studies in whii-h he delighted, were little calculated to draw on him the patronage of the great; aild he W.IP unskilled in the art of courting advancement, by " fashioning his doctrines to the varying...
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The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 22

1803 - 752 pages
...which he fupported in fociety, was the well earned reward of his own academical labours. The ftudies in which he delighted, were little calculated to draw on him the pationage of the grr-at; and he was unlkilled in the art of courting advancement, by " fjihioning his...
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Biographical Memoirs, of Adam Smith, LL. D., of William Robertson, D. D. and ...

Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 620 pages
...which he supported in society, was the well-earned reward of his own academical labours. The studies in which he delighted, were little calculated to draw on him the patronage of the great ; and he was unskilled in the art of courting advancement, by " fashioning " his doctrines to the varying hour."...
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The Works of Thomas Reid: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1

Thomas Reid - 1818 - 466 pages
...well-earned reward of his own aeademieal labours. The studies in whieh he delighted, were little ealeulated to draw on him the patronage of the great ; and he was unskilled in the art of eourting advaneement, by " fashioning his doetrines to the varying hour." As...
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Correspondence of the Late Gilbert Wakefield, B. A.: With the Late Right ...

Gilbert Wakefield, Henry Mackenzie - 1822 - 614 pages
...which he fupported in fociety, was the well-earned reward of his own academical labours. The ftudies in which he delighted, were little calculated to draw...was unfkilled in the art of courting advancement, by " fafhioning his doctrines to the varying hour." As a philofopher, his genius was more peculiarly...
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An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense. With an ...

Thomas Reid - 1823 - 320 pages
...which he supported in society, was the well-earned reward of his own academical labours. The studies in which he delighted, were little calculated to draw on him the patronage of the great ; and he was unskilled in the art of courting advancement, by " fashioning his doctrines to the varying hour." As...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ...

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 410 pages
...which he supported in society, was the well earned reward of his own academical labors!" The studies in which he delighted, were little calculated to draw on him the patronage of the great ; and he was unskilled in the art of courting advancement, by " fashioning his doctrines to the varying hour." As...
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