Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 1 of 2
The Author was the first who read Lectures on this subject in the Universitypf Edinburgh. He began with reading them in a private character iii the year 1759. In the following year he was chosen Professor of Rhetoric by the Magistrates and Town-council of Edinburgh; and, in 1762. His Majesty was pleased to erect and endow a Prpt'ession of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in that University; and the Author was appointed the first.'introduction. [leot.i.
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