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JOSEPH ADDISON,
INCLUDING
THE WHOLE CONTENTS OF BP. HURD'S EDITION, WITH LETTERS
AND OTHER PIECES NOT FOUND IN ANY PREVIOUS
COLLECTION; AND MACAULAY'S ESSAY
ON HIS LIFE AND WORKS.
EDITED,
WITII CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.
BY GEORGE WASHINGTON GREENE,
"No whiter page than Addison remaine,
He from the taste obscene reelaims our youth,
And sets the passions on the side of truth;
Forms the soft bosom with the gentlest art,
And poars each buman virtue thro' the heart."-Pork.
IX FIVE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
NEW-YORK: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
1853.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1953,
BY GEO. P. PUTNAM & CO. in the Clerk's Onice of the District Court of the United States for the Southern
District of New York,
: TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
FREEHOLDER:
1. The Title and Design of this work, . . .
2. Of His Majesty's Character, . . . . .
3. The Memoirs of a Preston Rebel, . . . .
4. Reasons why the British Ladies should side with the
Free-holder, . . . . . . .
5. Of the Love which we owe to our Country, . .
6. The Guilt of Perjury, . . . . . .
7. Of Party-Lies, . . . . . . ..
8. The Female Association, . . . . . .
9. Answer of the Free holders of Great-Britain to the Pre-
tender's Declaration, . . . . . .
10. Arbitrary Power, exemplified in the Conduct of Muley
Ishmael, Emperor of Morocco, . . . .
11. Subscriptions to the Female Association, . . .
12. The Guilt of Rebellion in general, and of the late Re-
bellion in particular, . . . . . .
13. Of those who are indifferent in a time of Rebellion, .
14. The Political Creed of a Tory Malecontent, . . 15. Project of the Ladies for making the Fan serviceable to
the Protestant Cause, . . . . . .
16. On the late Act of Parliament for suspending the Ha-
beas Corpus Act, . . . . . . .
17. How Ministers of State should bear an undeserved Re-
proach, . . .
. . . . .
18. Of the late French Edict for increasing the Value of
their Louis d'Ors, . . . . . . . 88
19. The unchristian Spirit of our late Party-Writings, . 92
20. Of the late Act of Parliament for laying four Shillings
in the Pound on Land. . . . . . 95
21. The Birth-day of Her Royal Highness the Princess of
Wales, .
. . . . . 100
22. The Character and Conversation of a Tory Fox-hunter, 104
23. A Cartel for the British Ladies, during their present
State of War, . . . . . . . . 110
24. The Designs of His Majesty's Enemies impracticable, . 113
25. Of the Fickleness of the British Politicks, , . 117
26. Considerations offered to the disaffected part of the
Fair Sex, . . . . . . . . . 122
27. The Vision of a second-sighted Highlander, . . 126
28. Several useful Maxims to be learned from the present
Rebellion, ..... . . . . 130
29. The Practice of Morality necessary to make a party
flourish, . . . . . . . . 134
30. Of the Vanity of the French Nation, . . . . 138
31. Answer to a celebrated Pamphlet, entitled, An Argu-
ment to prove the Affections of the People of Eng-
land to be the best Security of the Government: hum-
bly offered to the Consideration of the Patrons of Se-
verity, and applied to the present Juncture of Af-
fairs, . . . . . . . . : 143
32. Artifices of the Malecontents to draw the Women into
their Party, ...
163
33. The particular concern of learned Societies to cultivate
the Favour of their Prince, , . . . . 168
34. Absurdity of admitting a spirit of Party into publick
Diversions, and particularly those of the Play-house, 172
35. Of modern Historians, . . . . . . 176
36. Annals of the Pretender’s Reign, . . . . 179
37. Il Consequences of the late Cry of the Church's Dan-
ger, with regard to Religion, . . . . . 183