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The Spectator, Volume 1 / Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays

Richard, Sir Steele

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 1075 pages

The Spectator, Volume 1 is a collection of early eighteenth-century periodical essays by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. Published in 1711, the pieces reflect on manners, morals, literature, and daily life in London. They are worth hearing for their clear, witty prose and their portrait of the age.

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Opening of the book

original title-page
The Spectator
in three volumes: volume 1
A New Edition
Reproducing the Original Text
Both as First Issued
and as Corrected by its Authors
with Introduction, Notes, and Index
edited by Henry Morley
1891
Table of Contents
• Preface
• Original Dedication
• Dedication to the Second Volume
• Dedication to the Third Volume
• No. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1711 Addison

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Contents

  1. The Spectator
  2. original advertisement
  3. Preface
  4. Original Dedication
  5. No. 1
  6. Thursday, March 1, 1711
  7. Addison
  8. No. 2
  9. Friday, March 2, 1711
  10. Steele
  11. No. 3
  12. Thursday, March 1, 1711
  13. Addison
  14. No. 4
  15. Monday, March 5, 1711
  16. Steele
  17. No. 5
  18. Tuesday, March 6, 1711
  19. Addison
  20. No. 6
  21. Wednesday, March 7, 1711
  22. Steele
  23. No. 7
  24. Thursday, March 8, 1711
  25. Addison
  26. No. 8
  27. Friday, March 9, 1711
  28. Addison
  29. No. 9
  30. Saturday, March 10, 1711

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