as his station
led him to, he resigned, and in his leisure hours began a work of a
religious nature, upon the Evidence of the Christian religion; which he
lived not to finish. He likewise intended a Paraphrase on some of the
Psalms of David: but a long and painful relapse broke all his designs,
and deprived the world of one of its brightest ornaments, June 17, 1719,
when he was entering the 54th year of his age. He died at Holland-house
near Kensington, and left behind him an only daughter by the countess of
Warwick.

After his decease, Mr. Tickell, by the authority and direction of the
author, collected and published his works, in four volumes 4to. In this
edition there are several pieces, as yet unmentioned, which I shall
here give account of in order; the first is a Dissertation upon Medals,
which, though not published 'till after his death; was begun in 1702,
when he was at Vienna.

In 1707 there came abroad a pamphlet, under the title of The Present
State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation Considered. The
Whig Examiner came out September 14 1710, for the first time: there were
five papers in all attributed to Mr. Addison; these are by much the
tartest things he ever wrote; Dr. Sacheverel, Mr. Prior, and many other
persons are severely treated. The Examiner had done the same thing on
the part of the Tories, and the avowed design of this paper was to make
reprisals.

In the year 1713 was published a little pamphlet, called The Late Trial,
and Conviction of Count Tariff; it was intended to expose the Tory
ministry on the head of the French Commerce Bill: This is also a severe
piece.

The following have likewise been ascribed to our author;

Dissertatio de insignioribus Romanorum Poetis, i. e. A Dissertation upon
the most Eminent Roman Poets: This is supposed to have been written
about 1692.

A Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning; the time when it was written
is uncertain, but probably as early as the former. It was preserved
amongst the manuscripts of lord Somers, which, after the death of Sir
Joseph Jekyl, being publickly sold, this little piece came to be printed
1739, and was well received. To these we must add the Old Whig, No. 1
and 2. Pamphlets written in Defence of the Peerage Bill: The scope of
the Bill was this, that in place of 16 Peers sitting in Parliament, as
Representatives of the Peerage of Scotland, there were for the future to
be twenty five hereditary Peers, by the junctio