Dissertations moral and critical : on memory and imagination, on dreaming, the theory of language, on fable and romance, on the attachments of kindred, illustrations on sublimity / by James Beattie, LL.D., professor of moral philosophy and logick in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, and member of the Zealand Society of Arts and Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beattie, James, 1735-1803, author.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Early works to 1800.

Language and languages.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Early works to 1800.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Sublime, The--Early works to 1800.

Sublime, The.

Psychology--Early works to 1800.

Psychology.

Aesthetics--Early works to 1800.

Aesthetics.

Families--Early works to 1800.

Families.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 655 pages).

Manufacture:

London : Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, and W. Creech at Edinburgh, MDCCLXXXIII.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1783]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

On memory and imagination

On dreaming

The theory of language

On fable and romance

On the attachments of kindred

Illustrations on sublimity.

Notes:

Errata on p. [6], 2nd group.

Originally read as lectures at Marischal College; revised for publication.

Reproduction of the original from the Lost Cause Press.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Strahan, William, 1715-1785. Books printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand.

Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802. Books printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand.

Creech, William, 1745-1815. Books printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand.

Books printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand.

OCLC:

656874660