THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLISH POESY. SELECTED BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH. : IN TWO VOLUME S. VOL. I. LONDON: Printed for WILLIAM GRIFFIN, in Catharine [P. 6s. B.] ND N : PREFACE. M Y Bookfeller having informed me that there was no collection of English Poetry among us, of any eftimation, I thought a few: Hour's spent in making a proper selection would not be ill bestowed. Compilations of this kind are chiefly designed for fuch as either want leisure, skill, or fortune, to choose for themselves; for persons whose professions turn them to different pursuits, or who, not yet arrived at fufficient maturity, require a guide to direct their application. To our youth, particularly, a publication of |