BY HUGH BLAIR, D. D. AND F. R. S. EDIN. ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE HIgh church, AND PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. A NEW EDITION. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR BELL & BRADFUTE, PETER HILL, AND DOIG & STIRLING LONDON. 1813. XXXV. Comparative merit of the Ancients and the Moderns-Historical Writing...... XXXVI. Historical Writing..... XXXVII. Philosophical Writing-Dialogue-- Epistolary Writing---Fictitious His- XXXIX. Pastoral Poetry-Lyric Poetry.... 107 XL. Didactic Poetry-Descriptive Poetry 137 University of Torra |