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The Spectator, Volume 2.Joseph Addison

The Spectator, Volume 2.

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Original author: Joseph Addison

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"The Spectator, Volume 2." by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele is a periodical publication published from 1711 to 1712. This influential daily paper aimed to enliven morality with wit, bringing philosophy from libraries into London's coffeehouses and tea-tables. Through essays and letters on politics, arts, literature, and love, the publication reached thousands of readers across social classes, including America's Founding Fathers. Targeting an emerging middle class and explicitly welcoming women readers, The Spectator shaped public discourse and social conversation with its humorous observations and enlightened values.

The Spectator, Volume 2., by Joseph Addison. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #11010.

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93 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,418 words
  2. 2.Chapter C2,792 words
  3. 3.Chapter L2,971 words
  4. 4.Chapter L: Footnote 1: having received, and in first reprint2,608 words
  5. 5.Chapter L2,320 words
  6. 6.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Odes, I. 162,500 words
  7. 7.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Rom. vii. 163,074 words
  8. 8.Chapter C2,078 words
  9. 9.Chapter X: Footnote 1: See No. 2092,389 words
  10. 10.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Epict. Enchirid. ch. 232,421 words
  11. 11.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Diogenes Laertius, Bk. V. ch. I2,423 words
  12. 12.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Leucas3,471 words
  13. 13.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Wisdom vi. 12-162,617 words
  14. 14.Chapter C: Footnote 1: divided from2,562 words
  15. 15.Chapter C: Footnote 1: The Belvidere Torso2,574 words
  16. 16.Chapter C: Footnote 1: This letter is by John Hughes2,777 words
  17. 17.Chapter C: Footnote 1: she marched2,577 words
  18. 18.Chapter C5,350 words
  19. 19.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Defile2,362 words
  20. 20.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Orphan, Act II2,353 words
  21. 21.Chapter C: Footnote 1: we find that Cato,2,456 words
  22. 22.Chapter C2,653 words
  23. 23.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that belong to our2,335 words
  24. 24.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Hobbes9,940 words
  25. 25.Chapter C: Footnote 1: all great2,035 words
  26. 26.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Parts1,457 words
  27. 27.Chapter C6,313 words
  28. 28.Chapter C: Footnote 1: not to8,426 words
  29. 29.Chapter L4,668 words
  30. 30.Chapter L2,344 words
  31. 31.Chapter L2,730 words
  32. 32.Chapter L: Footnote 1: These are what Aristotle means by the Fable and &c2,920 words
  33. 33.Chapter L2,379 words
  34. 34.Chapter X2,783 words
  35. 35.Chapter I3,107 words
  36. 36.Chapter L2,808 words
  37. 37.Chapter X: Footnote 1: In his Auction of Philosophers3,104 words
  38. 38.Chapter L3,417 words
  39. 39.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Historian2,781 words
  40. 40.Chapter L2,460 words
  41. 41.Chapter L: Footnote 1: First published in 16903,232 words
  42. 42.Chapter L2,931 words
  43. 43.Chapter L: Footnote 1: to keep her in3,061 words
  44. 44.Chapter L2,940 words
  45. 45.Chapter L2,307 words
  46. 46.Chapter X: Footnote 1: the same time4,061 words
  47. 47.Chapter L: Footnote 1: his3,067 words
  1. 48.Chapter L2,826 words
  2. 49.Chapter X3,615 words
  3. 50.Chapter L2,282 words
  4. 51.Chapter L: Footnote 1: them2,743 words
  5. 52.Chapter X3,798 words
  6. 53.Chapter L: Footnote 1: De Arte Poetica. II. 38-402,585 words
  7. 54.Chapter L: Footnote 1: As2,202 words
  8. 55.Chapter X: Footnote 1: only an Ensign in the Train Bands4,297 words
  9. 56.Chapter L5,520 words
  10. 57.Chapter X3,403 words
  11. 58.Chapter L: Footnote 1: pleasant2,491 words
  12. 59.Chapter L1,320 words
  13. 60.Chapter L: Footnote 1:an2,339 words
  14. 61.Chapter X3,563 words
  15. 62.Chapter L: Footnote 1: is2,870 words
  16. 63.Chapter L2,868 words
  17. 64.Chapter X3,397 words
  18. 65.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Ovid2,854 words
  19. 66.Chapter X2,764 words
  20. 67.Chapter L3,825 words
  21. 68.Chapter L2,444 words
  22. 69.Chapter X2,096 words
  23. 70.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Plutarch's Life of Epaminondas6,198 words
  24. 71.Chapter X2,592 words
  25. 72.Chapter L: Footnote 14,693 words
  26. 73.Chapter L: Footnote 12,741 words
  27. 74.Chapter X: Footnote 1: Paradise Lost, Bk x., ll 898-9086,504 words
  28. 75.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Nat. Quaest. Bk. III. §272,794 words
  29. 76.Chapter X: Footnote 1: is and in first Reprint2,361 words
  30. 77.Chapter L3,504 words
  31. 78.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Prospect2,451 words
  32. 79.Chapter I1,975 words
  33. 80.Chapter X: Footnote 14,382 words
  34. 81.Chapter I: Footnote 12,175 words
  35. 82.Chapter X: Footnote 1: Nil proprium ducas quod mutarier potest2,789 words
  36. 83.Chapter I5,290 words
  37. 84.Chapter X2,474 words
  38. 85.Chapter L2,128 words
  39. 86.Chapter X2,673 words
  40. 87.Chapter I: Footnote 1: Iliad, Bk ix2,169 words
  41. 88.Chapter I: Footnote 1: Paradise Lost, Bk iv. ll. 148-1562,713 words
  42. 89.Chapter X: Footnote 1: Otway's Orphan, Act IV5,065 words
  43. 90.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Psalm xix. 122,088 words
  44. 91.Chapter X2,417 words
  45. 92.Chapter L: Footnote 1: great (1)8,560 words
  46. 93.Chapter L: Footnote 1: great (2)8,204 words