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Contents Foreword by Forrest McDonald vii Introduction by Christine Dunn Henderson and Mark E. Yellin xi Editors’ Note xxv Acknowledgments xxvii Part I: Cato, A Tragedy 1 Part II: Selected Essays 101 Tatler 161 (April 20, 1710) 103 Tatler 162 (April 22, 1710) 108 Whig Examiner 5 (October 12, 1710) 112 Spectator 55 (May 3, 1711) 118 Spectator 125 ( July 24, 1711) 123 Spectator 169 (September 13, 1711) 127 Spectator 215 (November 6, 1711) 131 Spectator 219 (November 10, 1711) 135 Spectator 231 (November 24, 1711) 139 Spectator 237 (December 1, 1711) 144 Spectator 243 (December 8, 1711) 148 Spectator 255 (December 22, 1711) 152 Spectator 256 (December 24, 1711) 156 Spectator 257 (December 25, 1711) 162 Spectator 287 ( January 29, 1712) 167 Spectator 293 (February 5, 1712) 173 Spectator 349 (April 10, 1712) 178 Spectator 446 (August 1, 1712) 182 Spectator 557 ( June 21, 1714) 186 Guardian 99 ( July 4, 1713) 190 Guardian 161 (September 15, 1713) 194 Freeholder 1 (December 23, 1715) 198 Freeholder 2 (December 26, 1715) 202 Freeholder 5 ( January 6, 1716) 207 Freeholder 10 ( January 23, 1716) 214 Freeholder 12 ( January 30, 1716) 220 Freeholder 13 (February 3, 1716) 226 Freeholder 16 (February 13, 1716) 230 Freeholder 29 (March 30, 1716) 235 Freeholder 34 (April 16, 1716) 239 Freeholder 39 (May 4, 1716) 243 Freeholder 51 ( June 15, 1716) 249 Appendix: Lewis Theobald’s The Life and Character of Marcus Portius Cato Uticensis (1713) 253 Index 273 vi contents ...

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