THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

PREFACES

BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL:

BY JAMES FERGUSON, Esq.

Author of the NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, &c.

A New Edition, in Forty-five Volumes,

VOL. XXV.

CONTAINING ADVENTURER, VOL. III.

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

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

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