Essays: on poetry and music, as they affect the mind; on laughter, and ludicropus composition; on the utility of classical learning..
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London: printed for Edward and Charles Dilly ... and by William Creech, Edinburgh, 1778. First London edition the work first appeared in Edinburgh in 1776 , 8vo, pp. 6 , 555; full contemporary calf neatly rebacked, preserving the old red morocco label; very good, sound copy. Beattie 1735-1803 , the Scots moral philosopher and poet, was acquainted with Monboddo, Pope, Johnson, and many other notables of the day. He was the professor of moral philosophy and
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