THE

WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE :

JOSEPH ADDISON,

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIS NUMBERS OF THE

SPECTATOR.

COLLECTED

BY MR. TICKEL L.

WITH A

COMPLETE INDEX.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM DURELL & CO.

D. & G. Bruce, Printers.

DIALOGUES

UPON THE

USEFULNESS

OF

ANCIENT MEDALS.

ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE

LATIN AND GREEK POETS.

Quoniam hæc ratio plerumque videtur
Tristior esse, quibus non est tractata, retroque
Volgus abhorret ab hac : volui tibi suaviloquenti
Carmine Pierio rationem exponere nostram,
Et quasi museo dulci contingere melle,
Si tibi forte animum tali ratione tenerem.

LUCRETIUS.