THE

WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOSEPH ADDISON,

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIS NUMBERS OF THE
SPECTATOR.

COLLECTED

BY MR. TICKELL.

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 musæo dulci contingere melle,
Si tibi forte animum tali ratione tenerem.

LUCRETIUS.