Sentimental Beauties from the Writings of Dr. Blair: Selected With a View to Refine the Taste, Rectify the Judgment, and Mould the Heart to Virtue

by Hugh Blair (Creator)

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358 pages, Paperback

Published August 6, 2019

About the author

Hugh Blair FRSE was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse. He was a significant figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and is best known for his Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (1783), a prescriptive guide to composition.

In 1783 Blair was one of the founder members of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He served as its Literary President from 1789 to 1796.