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.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER

OF THE AUTHOR,

BY JAMES FINLAYSON, D. D.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY MICHAEL ANDERSON FOR JAMES HOPE,