THE SPECTATOR WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY GEORGE A. AITKEN AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF RICHARD STEELE," ETC. WITH EIGHT ORIGINAL PORTRAITS AND EIGHT VIGNETTES IN EIGHT VOLUMES VOLUME THE SIXTH LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. MDCCCXCVIII Grad R.R. 2 ད་ ་ ཎྜ ཅ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་ ་ 6-21-43 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES, EARL OF SUNDERLAND.1 MY LORD, ERY many favours and civilities (received from you in a private capacity), which I have no other way to acknowledge, will, I hope, excuse this presumption; but the justice I, as a Spectator, owe your character, places me above the want of an excuse. Candour and openness of heart, which shine in all your 1 Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1702. In 1706 he became Secretary of State, and held that office until the fall of the Whigs in 1710. In 1715 a pension was settled on him, and in 1717 he again became a Secretary of State. Next year Lord Sunderland was made Lord President of the Council, and he died in 1722. He married the Lady Anne Churchill, second daughter of the Duke of Marlborough, and his love of books led him to found the fine library at Althorp. In 1733 his surviving son succeeded to the title of |