Days with Sir Roger De Coverley
1903
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A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the publick.
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Joseph Addison
Author · 6 books
Sir Richard Steele in 1709 founded The Tatler and with English essayist Joseph Addison in 1711 founded The Spectator; both carried witty and elegant works of Addison. People usually remember name of this poet and Whig politician, the eldest son of Lancelot Addison, alongside that of his long-standing friend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph\_...
