The Man of Feeling

MacKenzie, Henry ; edited by Brian Vickers

ISBN 10: 0192810782 / ISBN 13: 9780192810786

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1970,, 1970

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paperback, edges slightly rubbed, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good condition. ISBN: 0192810782.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Man of Feeling
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, 1970,
• Date de parution: 1970
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0192810782
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780192810786
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • literature

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Biographie de l'auteur

Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831) was a Scottish novelist and miscellaneous writer. He was also known by the sobriquet "Addison of the North." Mackenzie was an ardent Tory, and wrote many tracts intended to counteract the doctrines of the French Revolution. Most of these remained anonymous, but he acknowledged his Review of the Principal Proceedings of the Parliament of 1784, a defence of the policy of William Pitt, written at the desire of Henry Dundas. He was rewarded (1804) by the office of comptroller of the taxes for Scotland. In 1776 Mackenzie married Penuel, daughter of Sir Ludovich Grant of Grant. They had eleven children. He was, in his later years, a notable figure in Edinburgh society. He was nicknamed the "man of feeling," but he was in reality a hard-headed man of affairs with a kindly heart. Some of his literary reminiscences were embodied in his Account of the Life and Writings of John Home, Esq. (1822). He also wrote a Life of Doctor Blacklock, prefixed to the 1793 edition of the poet's works.