THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS.

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BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL,

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JAMES FERGUSON, ESQ.

AUTHOR OF THE “NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY."

Second edition.

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