THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

WITH

PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY

ALEXANDER CHALMERS, F. S. A

VOL. XII.

NEW-YORK:

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

EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.

THE

SPECTATOR;

A NEW EDITION:

CORRECTED FROM THE ORIGINALS.

WITH

A PREFACE,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

BY ALEX. CHALMERS, F. S. A,

VOL. VII.

NEW-YORK:

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

EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.

1810.