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The Spectator, Volume 1

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Original author: Joseph Addison

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"The Spectator, Volume 1" by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele is a daily publication published from 1711 to 1712. This collection of essays and letters aimed to bring philosophy from academic halls into London's coffee houses and drawing rooms. Each paper tackled politics, arts, love, and society with wit and moral guidance, reaching thousands of readers including America's Founding Fathers. The publication sought to elevate conversation and polish manners in England's emerging middle class, proving instrumental in shaping public discourse and Enlightenment values.

The Spectator, Volume 1, by Joseph Addison. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #9334.

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103 Chapters

  1. 1.Introduction (1)8,739 words
  2. 2.Introduction (2)8,576 words
  3. 3.Introduction (3)8,861 words
  4. 4.Introduction (4)5,007 words
  5. 5.Chapter C3,216 words
  6. 6.Chapter C1,086 words
  7. 7.Chapter C: Footnote 1: them1,275 words
  8. 8.Chapter C1,660 words
  9. 9.Chapter C3,218 words
  10. 10.Chapter C: Footnote 1: who1,361 words
  11. 11.Chapter C4,101 words
  12. 12.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that1,282 words
  13. 13.Chapter C3,133 words
  14. 14.Chapter C4,000 words
  15. 15.Chapter C3,824 words
  16. 16.Chapter C3,577 words
  17. 17.Chapter C1,298 words
  18. 18.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that2,671 words
  19. 19.Chapter C: Footnote 1: It is as follows1,528 words
  20. 20.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that2,659 words
  21. 21.Chapter C5,349 words
  22. 22.Chapter C1,182 words
  23. 23.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that2,708 words
  24. 24.Chapter C: Footnote 1: very delightful3,698 words
  25. 25.Chapter C: Footnote 1: From Seneca on Providence1,956 words
  26. 26.Chapter C2,724 words
  27. 27.Chapter C: Footnote 1: 'Poetics', Part II. § 133,978 words
  28. 28.Chapter C: Footnote 1: the1,530 words
  29. 29.Chapter C3,341 words
  30. 30.Chapter C3,863 words
  31. 31.Chapter C7,211 words
  32. 32.Chapter C: Footnote 11,678 words
  33. 33.Chapter C1,342 words
  34. 34.Chapter C1,807 words
  35. 35.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Not a new paragraph in the first issue3,480 words
  36. 36.Chapter C: Footnote 1: chymes1,620 words
  37. 37.Chapter C: Footnote 1: fine2,350 words
  38. 38.Chapter C2,431 words
  39. 39.Chapter C7,198 words
  40. 40.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Ecclesiasticus vii. 5, 61,322 words
  41. 41.Chapter C4,247 words
  42. 42.Chapter C: Footnote 1: The other1,395 words
  43. 43.Chapter C: Footnotes 1: that1,375 words
  44. 44.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that4,155 words
  45. 45.Chapter X6,374 words
  46. 46.Chapter C: Footnote 1: 'Davideis', Bk III. But Cowley's Tiger is a Male2,699 words
  47. 47.Chapter C: Footnote 1: or9,456 words
  48. 48.Chapter L5,676 words
  49. 49.Chapter L5,163 words
  50. 50.Chapter L1,369 words
  51. 51.Chapter L2,306 words
  52. 52.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Swift1,105 words
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  3. 55.Chapter L2,880 words
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  5. 57.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Walk1,127 words
  6. 58.Chapter L: Footnote 1: ",and provide"1,042 words
  7. 59.Chapter L: Footnote 1: had been4,564 words
  8. 60.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Motion3,304 words
  9. 61.Chapter L2,734 words
  10. 62.Chapter L1,505 words
  11. 63.Chapter L: Footnote 1: depose1,679 words
  12. 64.Chapter L1,536 words
  13. 65.Chapter L1,752 words
  14. 66.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Essay 'On the Danger of Procrastination:'1,107 words
  15. 67.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Proverbs i 20-221,332 words
  16. 68.Chapter C1,418 words
  17. 69.Chapter C: Footnote 1: Bibliothecæ Historicæ, Lib. i. § 871,101 words
  18. 70.Chapter C: Footnote 1: 'Love in a Tub', Act iv, sc, 61,258 words
  19. 71.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that1,156 words
  20. 72.Chapter C: Footnotes 1: that1,250 words
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  22. 74.Chapter C: Footnote 1: an4,780 words
  23. 75.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that (1)8,325 words
  24. 76.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that (2)8,518 words
  25. 77.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that (3)2,474 words
  26. 78.Chapter X (1)8,730 words
  27. 79.Chapter X (2)3,603 words
  28. 80.Chapter C1,246 words
  29. 81.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that1,465 words
  30. 82.Chapter X: Footnote 1: 'Parochial Antiquities' (1795), pp. 610, 6141,105 words
  31. 83.Chapter C: Footnote 1: that1,256 words
  32. 84.Chapter L: Footnote 1: one2,217 words
  33. 85.Chapter C: Footnote 1: deface1,285 words
  34. 86.Chapter L: Footnote 1: The motto in the original edition was1,198 words
  35. 87.Chapter C3,324 words
  36. 88.Chapter L: Footnote 1: 'Cyropædia', Bk. viii. ch. 62,129 words
  37. 89.Chapter L2,073 words
  38. 90.Chapter L: Footnote 1: ", part of which I find Translated to my Hand."2,414 words
  39. 91.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Sept. 1, 16953,142 words
  40. 92.Chapter X: Footnote 1: in5,660 words
  41. 93.Chapter L: Footnote 1: Upon Roscommon's Tr. of Horace's 'Art of Poetry'3,003 words
  42. 94.Chapter L: Footnote 1: those2,862 words
  43. 95.Chapter L: Footnote 1: 'Judges' ix. 8--15879 words
  44. 96.Chapter L: Footnote 1: are at length come1,454 words
  45. 97.Chapter C: Footnote 1: The Man that1,230 words
  46. 98.Chapter L: Footnote 1: that3,619 words
  47. 99.Chapter L2,590 words
  48. 100.Chapter L5,515 words
  49. 101.Chapter L2,797 words
  50. 102.Chapter X: Footnote 1: Part I., canto i., v. 69, 701,372 words
  51. 103.Chapter L5,555 words