OF JOSEPH ADDISON, INCLUDING THE WHOLE CONTENTS OF BP. HURD'S EDITION, WITH LETTERS COLLECTION; AND MACAULAY'S ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND WORKS. EDITED, WITH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES, BY GEORGE WASHINGTON GREENE. "No whiter page than Addison remains, He from the taste obscene reclaims our youth, And sets the passions on the side of truth; And pours each human virtue thro' the heart."-POPE IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. V. NEW-YORK: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE. 1854. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, BY GEO. P. PUTNAM & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER & STEREOTYPER, 49 Ann Street. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE 255. Uses of Ambition-Fame difficult to be obtained, 256. Subject-Disadvantages of Ambition, 262. The Spectator's Success-Caution in Writing-an- nounces his criticism on Milton, 49 56 60 67 76 84 " 269. Visit from Sir Roger-his Opinions on various Matters, 169 271. Letters from Tom Trippit, complaining of a Greek Quo- 293. Connexion betwixt Prudence and good Fortune-Fable of a Drop in the Ocean, . 295. Letter on Pin-Money-Reflections on that Custom, 361. Letter on Cat-calls-History of them, 367. Various Advantages of the Spectators-Paper-Printing 263 283 THE SPECTATOR (Continued), 391. Heathen Fables on Prayers-Vanity of Human Wishes, 403. Speculations of Coffee-house Politicians on the Death of 405. On the Improvement of Sacred Music, 309 407. Character of English Oratory-Use of proper Gestures, 312 Characteristics of Taste, 411. Essays on the Pleasures of the Imagination, 315 322 |