THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS ;

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

PREFACES

BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL:

BY JAMES FERGUSON, Esq.

Author of the NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, &c.

PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, CHEAPSIDE;

AND WILLIAM BLAIR, EDINBURGH.

Printed by W. Jackson, Peterborough-Court, Fleet-Street, London.

CONTENTS.

VOL. III.

No.

132. Scene in a Stage Coach between a

Quaker and an Officer ............ STEELE.

133. On Death — Reflections on the

Death of a Friend ..................

134. Letter from a Splenetic cured-

Letter and Petition on the Exer-

cise of the Fan ......................

135. Blessing of being born an English-

man-the English Tongue ...... ADDISON.

136. Letter from a Liar .................. STEELE.

137. Condition of Servants--Letters from

Ralph Valet and Patience Giddy

138. Frivolous Disputants-- Exercise of

the Snuff-box .........................

139. The Love of Glory-Character of

Peter the Great .........

140. Letters on Love, Wit, Drinking,

Gaming, &c. ...........

Letter from Parthenia ...... MISS SHEPHARD.

• 141. Improprieties on the Stage ......... STEELE.

Lancashire Witches .................. HUGHES.

142. Love-letters to Andromache......... STEELE.

143. Complaints of SicknessA cheerful

Temper ...........

144. Female Beauty-Characters of va-

rious Beauties ......

.... STEELE.