A New and General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 3 of 8: Containing an Historical, Critical and Impartial Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most ... the British and Irish, From the Earliest Acco - Softcover

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His lafl grand work was A political Survey of Britain being a Series of Reflections on the Situation, Lands, Inhabitants, Reve~ nues, Colonies, and Commerce, of this Illand. Intended to thew, that they have not as yet approached near the fummit of improve ment, but that it will afiord employment to many generations, be fore they puih to their utmoll: extent the natural advantages of Great Britain. This work, which was publifhed in 1774, in two volumes, royal quarto, Colt Dr. Campbell many years or attention, fludy, and labour. As it was his lait, (o it feems to have been his favourite production, upon which he intended to ereet a durable monument of his fincere and ardent love to his country. A more truly patriotic publication never appeared in the Englith language. The variety of information it contains is prodigious; and there is no book that better deferves the clofe and conllant fludy of the poli tician, the fenator, the gentleman, the merchant, the manufaéturer; in thort, of every one who has it in any degree in his power to pro mote the interefi and welfare ofgreat Britain. Among other eneo miums produced by Dr. Kippis on the literary merit of his prede celtor, that of the author of the Account of the European Settle ments in America, is perhaps the mall honourable. Dr. Camp bell's reputation was not confined to his own country, but extended to the remoteil parts or Europe. As a flriking inltance of this we may mention, that in the. Fpring of 1774, the emprefs oi Ruliia was pleafed to honour him With the prefent of her picture, drawn in the robes worn in that country in the days of john Bafiliowitz, grand duke of Mufcovy, who was contemporary with Qieen Elizabeth. To maniief't the doctor's feule of her imperial majelly's goodnefs, a fett of The Political Survey of Britain.' bound in morocco, highly ornamented, and accompanied with a letter (lefcriptive oi the triumphs and felicities of her reign,was forwarded to St. Peterfburg, and conveyed into the hands of that great princefs, by George Gre gorio Orloifl who had relided lome months in this kingdom. The emprefs's pifiure, fince the death of our author, hath been prefented by his Widow to Lord Macaziizey.

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