The Addisonian Miscellany: Being a Selection of Valuable Pieces, From Those Justly Celebrated and Classic Works, the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian; ... of Joseph Addison, Esq. (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Joseph Addison

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0428852734 ISBN 13: 9780428852733

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Addisonian Miscellany: Being a Selection of Valuable Pieces, From Those Justly Celebrated and Classic Works, the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian; To Which Is Prefixed, the Life of Joseph Addison, Esq.

He was made fecretary of fiate, in 171 7 but it is generally allowfied that he was not well calculated for that fiatipn being no orator, he could not harangue in the houfe of commons in defence of the govern ment. He foon relinquifhed this office, and obtained a penfion of 15001 per annum.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0428852734
• ISBN 13: 9780428852733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 323