The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers

THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

WITH

PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

ALEXANDER CHALMERS, A.M.

VOL. XXIX.

LONDON:

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