Excerpt from The British Essayists, Vol. 27: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical Dr. Johnson is said to have been allowed a share in the profits of The Universal Chron icle, for which he was to furnish a short essay on such subjects of a general or temporary kind as might suit the taste of newspaper readers, and distinguish this publication from its contemporaries. Sir John Hawkins as signs as a reason for Mr. Newbery's wishing to have an essay in his paper, that the occur renees during the intervals of its publication were t sufficient to fill its columns. If this was the case, it is a curious fact in the history of political intelligence. Those who w print weekly papers, find it t only difficult but impossible to contain half of the articles, which have entertained other readers during the intervals of publication, and which, from the common impulses of domestic or public curiosity, their readers think they have a right to expect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.