...account) slight and superficial. It does not appear from the information which T have received, that he gave any early indications of future eminence. His...childhood; and it was foretold of him, by the parish school• Dr. Turnbull'a work on Moral Philosophy was published at London in 1 740. As I have only...

...account) slight and superficial. It does not appear, from the information which I have received, tliat he gave any early indications of future eminence. His...schoolmaster, who initiated him in the first principles o. learning, " That he would turn out to be a man of good and well-wearing parts ;" a prediction which...

...and superficial. It does not appear from the information which I have received, 1 See Noto B. that be gave any early indications of future eminence. His...his childhood ; and it was foretold of him, by the schoolmaster, who initiated him in the first principles of learning, " That he would turn out to be...

...early studies or qualifications, with the exception of the not very flattering remark of his master, " That he would turn out to be a man of good and well-wearing parís." In a letter to a friend, written late in life, he has stated some circumstances connected...

...account) slight and superficial. It does not appear from the information which I have received, that he gave any early indications of future eminence. His...his childhood ; and it was foretold of him, by the schoolmaster, who initiated him in the first principles of learning, " That he would turn out to be...

...received, that he gave any early indications ' of future eminence. His industry and modesty, however, were ' conspicuous from his childhood ; and it was...parish schoolmaster, who initiated him in the first prin' ciples of learning, that he would turn out to be a man of good ' and well-wearing parts ; a prediction...

...like Thomas Reid. The boy was two years at the parish school of Kincardine when the teacher foretold "that he would turn out to be a man of good and well-wearing parts." He was then sent to Aberdeen to prosecute his classical studies. He entered Marischal College, Aberdeen,...

...and modesty were conspicuous in him from childhood. His parish schoolmaster, however, had predicted that " he would turn out to be a man of good and well-wearing parts"—an epithet, which happily described that capacity of patient thought, which so much distinguished...

...science of Scotland. He was for a time at the parish school of Kincardine, where his teacher foretold " that he would turn out to be a man of good and well-wearing parts." He entered Marischal College, Aberdeen, when only twelve years of age, and was taught philosophy by...

...parish school Eeid gave indications of his future character, the schoolmaster judiciously predicting " that he would turn out to be a man of good and well-wearing parts." At the early age of twelve he was entered as a student at Marischal College, Aberdeen. During three...