ESSAYS, &c.

ON THE

NATURE AND PRINCIPLES

OF

TASTE.

BY

ARCHIBALD ALISON, LL. B.

F. R. S. LONDON AND EDINBURGH,

PREBENDARY OF SARUM,
&c. &c. &c.

THE FOURTH EDITION.

VOLUME I.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY GEORGE RAMSAY AND COMPANY,

FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, 1 EDINBURGH;
AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

เน

ΤΟ

DUGALD STEWART, ESQ.

IN WHOSE FRIENDSHIP

THE AUTHOR HAS FOUND THE HONOUR,

AND THE HAPPINESS OF HIS LIFE

THESE ESSAYS

ARE

MOST RESPECTFULLY

AND AFFECTIONATELY

INSCRIBED.

EDINBURGH, November 22, 1810.