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ESSAY

O N

Ꭲ . A S T E.

TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED

PART FOURTH,

OF THE STANDARD OF TASTE;

WITH

OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE IMITATIVE
NATURE OF POETRY.

B Y

ALEXANDER GERARD, D. D.
Profeffor of DIVINITY in KING'S College,
Aberdeen.

THE THIRD EDITION.

EDINBURGH:

Printed for J. BELL, and W. CREECH; and

T. CADELL, London.

M,DCC,LXXX.

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JOHN EARL OF BUTE, &c. &c. &c.

CHANCELLOR OF THE MARISCHAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OF

ABERDEEN:

EMINENT FOR

ELEGANCE OF TASTE, AND THE PATRONAGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES:

THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICES TO HIS KING AND HIS COUNTRY;

WHICH WILL COMMAND THE HIGH ESTEEM, AND ENGAGE THE WARM GRATITUDE, OF LATE POSTERITY:

THE FOLLOWING ESSAY IS, IN SINCERE EXPRESSION OF THE AU. THOR'S SENSE OF HIS LORDSHIP's ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND VIRTUES,

WITH PROFOUND RESPECT,

INSCRIBED BY

HIS LORDSHIP's

MOST OBLIGED,

MOST DEVOTED, AND

MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,

ALEX. GERARD.

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