Hugh Blair

The gravestone of Hugh Blair, Greyfriars Kirkyard Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse.

As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, Blair's teachings had a great impact in both the spiritual and the secular realms. Best known for ''Sermons'', a five volume endorsement of practical Christian morality, and ''Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres'', a prescriptive guide on composition, Blair was a valuable part of the Scottish Enlightenment. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
    Published 1805
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    Sermons,
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
    Published 1833
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    An abridgment of lectures on rhetoric
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
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    Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
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    Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
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    Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
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    Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
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    An abridgment of lectures on rhetoric
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
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    Advice to youth : containing a compendium of the duties of human life in youth and manhood
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    Author: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
    Published 1807
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    An abridgment of lectures on rhetorick
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    Author: Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
    Published 1809
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    Brief commentaries upon such parts of the Revelation and other prophecies as immediately refer to the present times. : With the prophetic, or, anticipated history of the church of Rome. To which is added A pill for the infidel and athiest /
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    Author: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
    Published 1790
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    The poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal
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    Author: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
    Published 1806
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    The poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal
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    Author: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
    Published 1806
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    The poems of Ossian

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