THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

WITH

PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY

ALEXANDER CHALMERS, F. S. A.

VOL. XXV.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON; J. NICHOLS AND SON; R. BALDWIN;
F. AND C. RIVINGTON ; W. PTRIDGE, AND SON; W. J. AND J.
RICHARDSON; A. STRAHAN; P. FAULDER; G. AND W. NICOL;
T. PAYNE; G. ROBINSON; W. LOWNDES; WILKIÈ AND ROBINSON;
SCATCHERD AND LETTERMAN; J. WALKER; CUTHELL AND MAR-
TIN; VERNOR, HOOD, AND SHARPE; R. LEA; DAR TON AND HAR-
VEY; J. NUNN; LACKINGTON AND CO.; CLARKE AND SON; G.
KEARSLEY; C. LAW; J. WHITE; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND
ORME; CADELL AND DAVIES; LANE AND NEWMAN; H. D. SY-
MONDS; J. BARKER; WYNNE AND CO.; POTE AND CO.; J.
CARPENTER; W. MILLER; J. AND A. ARCH; S. BAGSTER; T.
BOOSEY; R. PHENEY; R. FLOVER; J. MURRAY; R. HIGHLEY;
BLACK, PARRY, AND KINGSBURY; J. HARDING, R. H. EVANS ;
J. MAWMAN; J. BOOKER; J. ASPERNE; J. HARRIS; WILLIAMS
AND SMITH; H. EBERS; AND W. CREECH, EDINBURGH,

ADVENTURER.

N° 92—140.

·Tentanda via est ; quâ me quoque possim Tollere bumo, victorque virum volitare per ora.

On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go,
And leave the gazing multitude below.