ESSAYS,

BIOGRAPHICAL, CRITICAL, AND HISTORICAL,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE

TATLER, SPECTATOR,

AND

GUARDIAN.

BY NATHAN DRAKE, M. D.

AUTHOR OF LITERARY HOURS, &c.

Modestè tamen et circumspecto judicio de tantis viris
pronuntiandum est.

::

QUINTILIANUS.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

110

VOL.

LONDON

PRINTED BY'C' WHITTINGHAM

Dean Street;

FOR JOHN SHARPE, OPPOSITE YORK-HOUSE,

PICCADILLY.

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

PART III.

ESSAY 2. On the Progress and Merits of

English Style, and on the Style

of Addison in particular

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ESSAY 3. On the Critical Abilities and Taste

of Addison

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ESSAY 4. On the Humour and Comic Paint-

ing of Addison..

ESSAY 5. On the Fabio, Imagery, and Alle-

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gory of Addison..:

ESSAY 6. On the Moral Tendency of the Pe-

l'age

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168

219

riodical Writings of Addison 319

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