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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 IHREF VOLUMES.

VCLI.

LONDON
PRINTED BY*CWHITTINCHAM

Dean Street;
FOR JOHN SHARPE, OPPOSITE YORK-HOUSE,

PICCADILLY.

1805.

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

PART III.

l'age

Essay 2. Oy the Progress and Merits of

English Style, and on the Style

of Addison in particular ........... 1

Essay 3. On the Critical Abilities and Taste

of Addison

117

ESSAY 4. On the Humour ind Cçiric Point-

ing of Addisən

168

Essay 5. On the Fabić, Imagery, and Alle-

gory
of Addison

219

Essay 6. On the Moral Tendency of the Pe-

riodical Writings of Addison ..... 319.