FROM

ADDISON'S PAPERS

IN THE

"SPECTATOR."

ESSAY ON "ADDISON."

BY LORD MACAULAY.

AS USED IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF BOSTON.

BOSTON:

ESTES AND LAURIAT,

301 WASHINGTON STREET.

1879.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

047*172

CONTENTS.

SELECTIONS FROM ADDISON'S "SPECTATOR."

VISIT TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY,

PUNNING,

VISIT TO THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, .

WAYS OF FILLING UP TIME,

THE TRUE CHARACTER OF GREAT MEN, DRAWN AFTER

THEIR DEATH,

THE "SPECTATOR" AT THE COUNTRY HOUSE OF SIR

ROGER DE COVERLEY,

THE "SPECTATOR" AT THE COUNTY ASSIZES WITH SIR

ROGER DE COVERLEY,

BREVITY OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE,

VISION OF MIRZA, .

GREAT GENIUS, .

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