THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS. WITH PREFACES, BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL. BY JAMES FERGUSON, ESQ. AUTHOR OF THE "NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY." Second Edition. IN FORTY VOLUMES. XXX. LOUNGER, VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. RICHARDSON AND CO.; G. OFFOR; T. TEGG; 1823. PR 30 CONTENTS OF 1. INTRODUCTION--Character of the author, indolent with feeling, and vacant with 2. Importance of the duty of manners 3. The vanity of skill in what we do not know, and the pedantry of valuing 4. The author becomes acquainted with Col. Caustic, a fine gentleman of the last age, somewhat severe in his remarks . Abercromby 7. The regrets of him who has thrown away Mackenzie Cullen Mackenzie Anonymous |