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' ALEXANDÈR FRASER TYTLER
ON THE PRINCIPIES
OF TRANSLATION
EV£RYMAN'S LIBRARY-I68
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BY ALEXANDER FRASER TYTLER
ALEXANDER FRASER TYTLER, LORD
WOODHOUSELEE, was bom at Edinburgh
in 1747. Called to the Bar at Edinburgh in
1770. In 1780 appointed Professor of
Universal History at Edinburgh. In 1790
became Judge-Advocate of Scotland and in
1801 was raised to the Bench as Lord Wood-
houselee. Died at Edinburgh in 1814.