The Works of Joseph Addison

THE WHOLE CONTENTS OF BP. HURD'S EDITION, WITH LETTERS AND OTHER PIECES NOT FOUND IN ANY PREVIOUS

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;

Forms the soft bosom with the gentlest art,

And pours each human virtue thro' the heart."-Pore

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

NEW-YORK:

G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.

1854.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853,

BY GEO. P. PUTNAM & CO.,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York.

JOHN F, TROW,

PRINTER & STEREOTYPER, 49 Ann Street.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Uses of Ambition-Fame difficult to be obtained,

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