THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS; TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED PREFACES BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL: BY JAMES FERGUSON, Esq. Author of the NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, &c. A New Edition, in Forty-five Volumes. VOL. XIX. CONTAINING RAMBLER, VOL. I. LONDON: Printed by J. Haddon, Tabernacle Walk, FOR G. OFFER; J. SHARPE AND SONS; ROBINSONS AND CO.; GLASGOW. 1819. CONTENTS. nience of periodical Performances... JOHNSON. 2. The Necessity and Danger of looking into Futurity Writers naturally |