THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS.

FORTY VOLUMES.

VOL. XXXIII.

THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS.

WITH

PREFACES,

BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL.

BY

JAMES FERGUSON, ESQ.

AUTAOR OF THE “ NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY."

Second edition.

IN FORTY VOLUMES.

XXXIII.

OBSERVER, VOL. II.

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