WORKS, IN VERSE and PROSE, Of the Late Right Honourable Fofeph Addifon, Esq; With fome Account of the LIFE and VOLUME the FIRST. LONDON: Printed for JACOB TONSON in the Strand, MDCCXXVI. To the RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES CRAGGS, Efq;, His MAJESTY's Principal Secretary of State. DEAR SIR, Cannot wish that any of my writings fhould last longer than the memory of our Friendship, and therefore I thus publickly bequeathe them to You, in return for the many valuable inftances. of your Affection. That they may come to you with as little dif advantage as possible, I have left the care of them to one, whom, by the experience of fome years, I know well qualified to answer my intentions. He has already the honour and happiness of being under your protection; and, as he will very much ftand ftand in need of it, I cannot wish him better, than that he may continue to deferve the favour and countenance of fuch a Patron. I have no time to lay out in forming fuch compliments, as would but ill fuit that familiarity between us, which was once my greatest pleasure, and will be my greatest ho nour hereafter. Instead of them, accept of my hearty A 5 wishes |