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Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678 - 1762) was a Scottish Jacobite nobleman, writer and refugee.

Having taken part in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 he was compelled, after the retreat of Mar, to take refuge on the continent. In 1720 he returned to Scotland, taking up residence mainly at Pitsligo, where he continued a correspondence with the quietists, and engaged in a kind of transcendental devotion.

In 1734 he published Essays Moral and Philosophical. He wrote Thoughts concerning Man's Condition in 1732, and it was published in 1763, and again in 1835, with memoir by his kinsman Lord Medwyn.

On the outbreak of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, though sixty-seven years of age and asthmatic, he took up arms on behalf of the Stua ...more

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	Thoughts Concerning Man's Condition and Duties in This Life: And His Hopes in the World to Come it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1763 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoughts Concerning Man's Condition and Duties in this Life, and his Hopes in the World to Come, with a Biographical Sketch of the Author by Lord Medwyn, and a Review by Sir W. Scott by Alexander Forbes, John Hay Forbes, Walter Scott (Reviewer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1835 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects, written about the year 1732, by Alexander, Lord Pitsligo 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1734 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“[Young women] are apt to laugh at young men, and are great observers in general of what is heavy and blundering, or in any way ridiculous either as to persons or to things.”
― Alexander Forbes, Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects, written about the year 1732, by Alexander, Lord Pitsligo

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