Select essays, together with Macaulay's essay on Addison's life and writings. Edited by Samuel ...

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by  Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719

JOSEPH ADDISON.
SELECT
ESSAYS OF ADDISON
TOGETHER WITH
MACAULAY'S ESSAY ON ADDISON'S
LIFE AND WRITINGS
EDITED BY
SAMUEL THURBER
1942
ALLYN AND BACON
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COPYRIGHT, 1892,
BY SAMUEL THURBER,
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS.
FAS1
INTRODUCTION vii
THE SPECTATOR CLUB.
/Th/Spectatorintroduceshimselftothe reader 1
.e Spectator Club: Sir Roger de Coverley, the Templar, Sir
Andrew Freeport, Captain Sentry, Will Honeycomb, the
Clergyman 5
Membersofthe Clubdiscussthe Spectator'spapers 10
Will Honeycomb's dislike ofpedantryleadsthe Spectatortomor
alize on thissubject 14
SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY.
The Spectator'sobservations at SirRoger's country-house 17
Coverleyhousehold: SirRoger's treatment ofhisservants.. 20
"'The Spectator describes Will Wimble, whom he meets at Sir
Roger's 22
SirRoger's account ofhis ancestors 26
Ghosts andhaunted houses 29
/Sunday inthecountry: SirRogeratchurch 31
SirRogerinlove 34
Exercise the best means of preserving health: Sir Roger as a
hunter 38
,
The Spectatoraccompanies SirRogertothehunting-field 41
-^he Spectator discusses witchcraft: with Sir Roger he visits
Moll White 45
SirRogeratthe assizes 48
SirRogertells astory of his boyhood, which leads the Spectator
to discussthe evils ofparty-spirit 52
Strictures onparty-spiritcontinued , 56
Sir Rogerandthegypsies 59
iv Contents.
PAQB
The Spectatorseesreasons whyhehadbetterreturntotown .... 61
Sir Rogerintown 6j^
SirRogervisits WestminsterAbbey (67
|JfrfrRogergoestotheplay 71
SirRogerand the Spectatorgobywaterto the Vauxhall Gardens J
Thedeathof SirRoger CT)
EDITORIAL.
The Spectatorcommends hispapersto sundryclasses ofmen,and
especially to women 80
:The"Spectator imagines himself described by anantiquarian ofa
/future age 84
v Large books versus pamphlets and newspapers 86
\VAffetcitonso.f tThheenSepwelcyt-aitmoprodseefdensdtsahmipsndount-ypaorntispaernicodoiucrasle publica- 89
The Spectator defendstheraisedprice 92
Precedenceinliterature 95
/ THE STAGE.
^ignorNicoliniandhislions 97
/Artifices ofthedramaticpoets 101
-li'fhetrunk-makeratthetheatre 104
1 Stage,properties: dramatic critics 108
MANNERS.
Folio Ill
edSoftly 114
.Over-crowdingofthe learnedprofessions 118
On party patches 122
On country manners 126
V The samesubject 128
tx^Cm pinmoney 131
The falserumor 134
A friend of mankind brought togrief by an alchemist 138
POLITICS.
vision of public credit 141
The Royal Exchange 145
The Tory fox-hunter 149