See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

HUGH See also:

• BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON (1791–1876)
• HUGH BLAIR (1718-1800)
• BLAIR, JAMES (1656`1743)
• BLAIR, ROBERT (1699—1746)

BLAIR (1718-1800)  , Scottish Presbyterian divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 7th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1718, at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant . Entering the university in 1730 he graduated M.A. in 1739j his thesis, De Fundamentis et Obligatione Legis Naturae, contains an outline of the moral principles afterwards unfolded in his sermons . He was licensed to preach in 1741, and a few months later the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• LEVEN
• LEVEN, ALEXANDER LESLIE, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1580-1661)
• LEVEN, LOCH

Leven, See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing of his eloquence, presented him to the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Collessie in See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife . In 1743 he was elected to the second See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the Canongate See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, Edinburgh, where he ministered until removed to See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Yester's, one of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city churches, in 1754 . In 1757 the university of St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews conferred on him the degree of D.D., and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was promoted to the High Church, Edinburgh, the most important charge in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . In 1759 he began, under the patronage of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• KAMES, HENRY HOME, LORD (1696-1782)

Kames, to deliver a course of lectures on See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, the success of which led to the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric and belles lettres in the Edinburgh University . To this chair he was appointed in 1762, with a See also:

• SALARY

salary of £70 a year . Having See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long taken See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic See also:

• POETRY

poetry of the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands, he published in 1763 a laudatory Dissertation on See also:

• MACPHERSON, JAMES (1736–1796)
• MACPHERSON, SIR DAVID LEWIS (1818–1896)

Macpherson's See also:

• OSSIAN

Ossian, the authenticity of which he maintained . In 1777 the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his Sermons appeared . It was succeeded by four other volumes, all of which met with the greatest success . See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson praised them warmly, and they were translated into almost every See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . In 178o See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III. conferred upon See also:

• BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON (1791–1876)
• BLAIR, HUGH (1718-1800)
• BLAIR, JAMES (1656`1743)
• BLAIR, ROBERT (1699—1746)

Blair a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £200 a year .

In 1783 he retired from his professorship and published his Lectures on Rhetoric, which have been frequently reprinted . He died on the 27th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1800 . Blair belonged to the " moderate " or latitudinarian party, and his Sermons have been criticized as wanting in doctrinal definiteness . His See also:

• WORKS

works display little originality, but are written in a flowing and elaborate See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . He is remembered chiefly by the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place he fills in the literature of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . Blair's Sermons is a typical religious See also:

• BOOK

book of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period that preceded the See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican revival . See J . See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of See also:

• LIFE

Life and Writings of See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh Blair (1807) .