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DR. JOHNSON, GOLDSMITH, POPE, and GIBBON
THE BEST
of the
World's Classics
RESTRICTED TO PROSE
HENRY CABOT LODGE
Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY
Associate Editor
With an Introduction, Biographical and
Explanatory Notes, etc.
IN TEN VOLUMES
Vol. IV
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—II
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
Copyright, 1909, by
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
The Best of the World's Classics
VOL. IV
GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND—II
1672-1800
CONTENTS
Vol. IV—Great Britain and Ireland—II
| Page | |||
| Sir Richard Steele—(Born in 1672, died in 1729.) | |||
| I | Of Companions and Flatterers | 3 | |
| II | The Story-Teller and His Art. | 7 | |
| (From The Guardian) | |||
| III | Sir Roger and the Widow. | 10 | |
| (From The Spectator) | |||
| IV | The Coverley Family Portraits. | 16 | |
| (From The Spectator) | |||
| V | On Certain Symptoms of Greatness. | 21 | |
| (From The Tatler) | |||
| VI | How to Be Happy tho Married. | 26 | |
| (From The Tatler) | |||
| Lord Bolingbroke—(Born in 1678, died in 1751.) | |||
| I | Of the Shortness of Human Life | ||