THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

WITH

PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

BY

ALEXANDER CHALMERS, F. S. A.

( sinalaisiais

VOL. XXV.

LONDON:
I'RINTED FOR J. JOHNSON ;. NICHOLS AND SON ; R. BALDWIX ;

1. AND C. RIVINGTON; W. OTRIDGE AND SON ; w. J. AND J.
RICHARDSON ; A. STRAHAN ; R. FAULDER; G. AND W. NICOL ;
T. PAYNE; G. ROBINSON; W. LOWNDES ; WILKIE AND ROBINSON ;
SCATCHERD AND LETTERMAN; J. WALKER ; CUTHELL AND MAR-
TIN; VERNOR, HOOD, AND SHARPB ; R. LEA; DAR TON AND HAR-
VRY ; J. NUNN; LACKINGTON AND CO. ; CLARKE AND SOX ; G.
KEARSLEY ; C. LAW; J. WHITE ; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND
ORME; CADEIL AND DAVIES; LANE AND NEWMAN; H. D. SY-
MONDS;

J. BARKER ; WYXNE AND CO.; POTE AND CO. ; J.
CARPENTER ; W. MILLER ; J. AND A. ARCH; S. BAGSTER ; T.
BOOSEY ; R. PHENEY ; R. FLOYER ; 3. MURRAY ; R. HIGHLEY ;
RLACK, PARRY, AND KINGSBURY ; J. HARDING R. H. EVANS ;
3. MAWNAN; J. BOOKER ; J. ASPERNE; J. HARRIS ;. WILLIAMS
AND SMITH ; H. EBERS; AND W. CREECH, EDINBURGIK

G. Woodfall, Princer,

Paternoster-TOW.

ADVENTURER.

N° 92-140.

Tentanda via est ; quâ me quoque possim Tollere bumo, victorque virúm volitare per ora.

VIRG,

On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go,
And leave the gazing multitude below.