BY

HUGH BLAIR, D.D. F.R.S. E.

ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE HIGH CHURCH,

AND

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES,

IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF

THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

JAMES FINLAYSON, D. D.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY SHARPE AND SON, EDWARDS AND CO. WALKER, ROSE,

TAYLOR, SMITH AND CO. WILLIAMS, AND HARRIS.

1820.