 The patrons of the university, convinced that they would form a valuable addition to the system of education, agreed in the following summer to institute a rhetorical class under his direction, as a permanent part of their academical establishment. And...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 1581802Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1801 - 622 pages
...particularly zealous in promoting the lecturer's success. Accordingly his Majesty was soon after induced to endow a professorship of rhetoric and belles lettres in the University of Edinburgh, and to .nominate Dr. Blair the first professor with a salary of 70/. per annum. The number of the students... | |
 | Books - 1802 - 580 pages
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 | English poetry - 1802 - 888 pages
...attended, and received with great applause. The patrons öl u\r university, convinced that ihey would form a valuable addition to the system of education, agreed...class, under his direction, as a permanent part of tlieir academical establishment: and on the 7th of April 1762 his majesty was graciously pleased '... | |
 | 1802 - 886 pages
...attended, and received with great applause. The patrons of the university, convinced that they would form a valuable addition to the system of education, agreed in the following summer (o institute a rhetorical cías«, under his direction, as a permanent paît of their academical establishment:... | |
 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Scotland - 1805 - 452 pages
...magistrates of Edinburgh, and those who took an interest in the university, requested his majesty to endow a professorship of rhetoric and belles lettres in the university of Fdinburgh, and to nominate Dr. EJair the first professor, in the year 1761. His first publication was... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 500 pages
...attended) and received with .great applause. The patrons of the university, convinced that they would form a valuable addition to the system of education, agreed...approved qualifications, regius professor thereof, with a salary of 70l." It was not until the year 1777 that he could be induced to favour the world... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1808 - 474 pages
...establishment : and on the 7th of April 1 762, his Majesty was graciously pleased " To erect and en" dow a Professorship of Rhetoric and Belles " Lettres in...of his " approved qualifications, Regius Professor there** of, with a salary of ^70." These Lectures he published in 1783, when he retired from the labours... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 540 pages
...lectures were so much approved, that the patrons of the university, convinced that they would form a valuable addition to the system of education, agreed...approved qualifications, regius professor thereof, with a salary of 70£" These lectures he published in 1783, when he retired from the labours of the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 552 pages
...lectures were so much approved, that the patrons of the university, convinced that they would form a valuable addition to the system of education, agreed...approved qualifications, regius professor thereof, with a salary of 70/." These lectures he published in 1783, when he retired from the labours of the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 540 pages
...lectures were so much approved, that the patrons of the university, convinced that they would form a valuable addition to the system of education, agreed...institute a rhetorical class under his direction, as a perma • nent part of their academical establishment; and on the 7th of April, 1762, his majesty was... | |
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