THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

WITH

PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY

ALEXANDER CHALMERS, F. S. A.

VOL. XVII.

NEW-YORK,

PUBLISHED BY E. SARGEANT AND M. & W. WARD;
AND MUNROE AND FRANCIS, AND

EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.

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THE

GUARDIAN;

A NEW EDITION

CORRECTED FROM THE ORIGINALS,

WITH

A PREFACE,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY ALEX. CHALMERS, F.S.A.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK,

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EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.