THE SPECTATOR. VOL. VIII. and Last. The TENTH EDITION. LONDON: Printed for J. TONSON, at Shakespear's-Head, over- 1 T Lately Publish'd, HE Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the late Right Honourable JOSEPH ADDISON Elq; in Three Volumes. Consisting of such as were never before Printed in 12mo. With some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Mr. Tickell. N. B. These Three Volumes, with the Tatlers, Specta sors, Guardians, Freeholder, and Remarks on several Parts of Italy, compleat Mr. Addison's Works in Twelves. : HE Seven former Volumes of the Spectator having been Dedicated to some of the most celebrated Persons of the Age, I take leave to Inscribe this Eighth and Last to You, as to a Gentleman who hath ever been ambitious of appearing in the best Company. A 2 You > You are now wholly retired from the bufie Part of Mankind, and at leisure to reflect upon your paft Atchievements; for which reason, I look upon You as a Person very well qualified for a Dedication. I may possibly disappoint my Readers, and your felf too, if I do not endeavour on this occafion to make the World acquainted with your Virtues. And here, Sir, I shall not compliment You upon your Birth, Person, or Fortune; nor any other the like Perfections, which You possess whether You will or no: But shall only touch upon those, which are of your own acquiring, and in which every one muft allow You have a real Merit. : Your janty Air and easy Motion, the Volubility of your Difcourse, the Suddenness of your Laugh, the Management of your Snuff-Box, with the Whiteness of your Hands and Teeth (which have justly gained You the Envy of the most polite part of the Male World, and the Love of the greatest Beauties in the Female) are intirely to be ascribed to your own personal Genius and Application. You are formed for these Accomplishments by a happy Turn of Nature, and have finished your self in them by the utmost Improvements of Art. A Man that is defective in either of these Qualifications (whatever may be the A 3 : fecret |