COLLECTION

OF

BRITISH AUTHORS.

VOL. CCLXXVII.

THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS BY W. M. THACKERAY.

IN ONE VOLUME.

185513

93-65

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THE

ENGLISH HUMOURISTS

OF THE

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

A SERIES OF LECTURES,

DELIVERED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.

BY

W. M. THACKERAY,

Author of "Esmond," "Pendennis," "Vanity Fair," &c.

COPYRIGHT EDITION.

LEIPZIG

BERNHARD TAUCHNAT Z

1853.