The anatomy of drunkenness / by Robert Macnish ; with a sketch of the author's life.

  • Macnish, Robert, 1802-1837.
Date:
1850
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Credit: The anatomy of drunkenness / by Robert Macnish ; with a sketch of the author's life. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    ior iu literary matters, lie had naturally many questions to ask, and I to answer, as I best could, regarding the current litera- ture of the day. The merits of Professor Wilson, of Mr. Lockhart, of Maginn, of Mr. Gait, of Mr. Hogg, and of sundry others, were discussed with cordial sym- pathy. In most points our views coincided; we were in fact, brothers in spirit, at first sight; and taking him all in all, I found him so much a man after my own heart, so full of generous enthusiasm, so beni-- nant in feeling, so playful in fancy, so cor- rect in principle, so single in purpose, and so ardently bent on intellectual enterprise that before we parted, the seeds of a fi-iend- ship were sown, which during its life-lono; continuance, never knew an hour's abate- ment. ]5esidcs these contributions to Black- wood, and a few others to the Annuals, ho