THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

WITH

PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY

ALEXANDER CHALMERS, F. S. A.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY E. SARGEANT, AND M. & W. WARD;
AND MUNROE, FRANCIS & PARKER, AND

EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.

JH

THE

TATLER.

BY

ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, ESQUIRE.

Ον χρὴ παννύχιον ἔνδων βυληφόρον άνδρα. Ηom.

WITH

A PREFACE,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY ALEX. CHALMERS, F. S. A.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK:

Printed by D. & G. Bruce.

PUBLISHED BY E. SARGEANT, AND M. & W. WARD;
AND MUNROE, FRANCIS & PARKER, AND

EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.

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