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Addison, Joseph
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Addison, Joseph (1672–1719). English writer and politician. Educated at Charterhouse, Queen's College, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he became a fellow, Addison found favour with the Whigs on account of
The Campaign (1705), a poem celebrating
Marlborough's victory at
Blenheim. Appointed under‐secretary of state in 1706, he was elected MP for Lostwithiel in 1708, accompanying the lord‐lieutenant, Lord Wharton, to Ireland in 1709. Addison's close friendship with Richard
Steele and Jonathan
Swift led to his involvement in the
Tatler (1709–10), but he is best known for his contributions to the
Spectator, which included most of the
‘Sir Roger de Coverley’ papers. Returning to office on the accession of George I in 1714, Addison became secretary of state, marrying the countess of Warwick in 1716.
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After design: Joseph Addison Discovers beauties.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Michelle Syba, After Design: Joseph Addison Discovers Beauties This article...desire for authors' intentions. Addison thus offers an unexpected prehistory...literature to public discussion. Joseph Addison participates in the public discussions...
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Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry. By Estelle Haan...still enjoyed a succes d'estime. Addison, whose earliest Latin verses were...volume points out (p. 127), Addison's Latin poetry was sufficiently...
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Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry
Magazine article from: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...C. Guthkelch, ed., The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison (London, 1914), 2 vols. 2 D.F. Sutton, ed., The Latin Prose and Poetry of Joseph Addison: A Hypertext Edition (The Philological Museum: California...
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Addison's "Campaign" and Gray's "Elegy".(Joseph Addison)(Thomas Gray)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...glory to his bosom ran, / Clasped in the embraces of that godlike man!" (1: 52). WORKS CITED Addison, Joseph. The Works of Joseph Addison. Annotated by Richard Hard. Ed. Henry G. Bohn. 6 vols. London: Bell, 1903. Gray, Thomas...
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Spectator 495: Addison and "the race of people called Jews." (Joseph Addison)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Spectator of 27 September 1712, Joseph Addison turned citizen of the world to...to the "Race." Why is it that Addison focused his attention on the Jews...upon the answer to the first: Addison could not have been unaware of...
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Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2005; 462 words
; ...Vergilius redivivus; studies in Joseph Addison's Latin poetry. Haan, Estelle...Haan examines British writer Addison's (1672-1719) Latin poetry...contexts, and how appreciating Addison's poems requires knowing Virgil...
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Vergilius Redivivus.(Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch; 11/1/2005; ; 519 words
; ...attention of modern audiences the work of a largely forgotten 18th century British poet in Vergilus Redivivus: Studies In Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry. Drawing upon the resources of th British Library, London, Magdalen College, Oxford, and the...
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Michael Joseph "Mike" Dunscomb of Addison.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/21/2007; 368 words
; Michael Joseph "Mike" Dunscomb of Addison Memorial visitation for Michael Joseph "Mike" Dunscomb, 22, will be from 6 to...Jason, Kevin, Scotty and Zane; grandson of Joseph Satava of Addison, Judy Schreiner of Riverside, and Lester...
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James Joseph Crotty of Addison.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 6/29/2005; 447 words
; James Joseph Crotty of Addison Services for James Joseph Crotty, 75, will be held at...Knight, Knight of Columbus, Addison Council @#650. He was the beloved...Patricia, James (Lisa), Joseph (Melissa), Mary Rowe, Michael...
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Joseph Addison; Woodson
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/4/1988; 331 words
; Recognized on the Principal's List for maintaining a grade point average of 3.5 or better since the 10th grade. Selected as the 1986-87 District representative to the Super Honors Computer Program at Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. Member of the National Honor Society.
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Joseph Addison
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Joseph Addison The English essayist and politician Joseph Addison (1672-1719) founded the "Spectator" periodical with Sir Richard Steele. Joseph Addison was born on May 1, 1672, the son of...
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Addison, Joseph (1672–1719)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672 – 1719) ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672 – 1719), English poet, essayist, and critic. Addison helped to elevate the literary status of English prose while holding important political offices for the Whig...
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Addison, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Addison, Joseph (1672–1719). English writer...Oxford, where he became a fellow, Addison found favour with the Whigs on account...Lord Wharton, to Ireland in 1709. Addison's close friendship with Richard Steele...
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Thomas Addison
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...endocrine glands and the type of anemia now known as Addison's disease. Thomas Addison was born in April 1793 at Long Benton near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His father, Joseph Addison, was a grocer and flour dealer. Thomas studied...
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Addison, Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...x201C; 1795, Oct. 11. Thomas s. of Joseph and Sarah Addison, Lg. Benton. ” The same register...the baptismal date of John, the second son of Joseph and Sarah Addison Since its is unlikely that if Thomas had been...
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