A N

ESSAY

O N

T A ST

TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED

PART FOURTH,

OF THE STANDARD OF TASTE;

T E.

WITH

OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE IMITATIVE
NATURE OF POETRY.

BY

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.
1790

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

CHANCELLOR OF THE MARISCHAL
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OF

ABERDEEN:

EMINENT FOR"

ELEGANCE OF TASTE, AND THE PA-
TRONAGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES:

DISTINGUISHED

BY
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 AC-
COMPLISHMENTS AND VIRTUES,

WITH PROFOUND RESPECT,

INSCRIBED BY

HIS LORDSHIP's

MOST OBLIGED,

MOST DEVOTED, AND

MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,

ALEX. GERARD.

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