The Life of Joseph Addison, Esq

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Excerpt from The Life of Joseph Addison, Esq.: Extracted From No. III and IV, of the General Dictionary, Historical and Critical, To Which Is Prefixed, the Life of Dr. Lancelot Addison, Dean of Litchfield, His FatherTho' we confidered the pamphlet, eh titled, tbe Spefiator, as a very contempti c, we yet thought it would be proper to inform our readers, that fo incomparable a {cries of writ ings as the Speéfator, had been attack'd with virulent but impotent malice, by an obfcore, anonymous writer, and to give a fpecimen of his genius. The fame we obferve of many Other authors, fomething above the rank of pamphle teers, from whofe Works we have ex traéted feveral things of a peculiarly infipid kind.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology 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.