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... Joseph Addison , did receive government appointments after writing successful poems . Once appointed , the man often felt he was expected to continue to publish an occa- sional gentlemanly poem . Addison wrote that England's " prudent ...
... Joseph Addison , did receive government appointments after writing successful poems . Once appointed , the man often felt he was expected to continue to publish an occa- sional gentlemanly poem . Addison wrote that England's " prudent ...
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... Joseph Addison was commissioned to write The Campaign and rewarded by Godolphin with the position of Commissioner of Appeal in Excise . Defoe saw Addison's poem puffed and its publication orches- trated to coincide with Marlborough's ...
... Joseph Addison was commissioned to write The Campaign and rewarded by Godolphin with the position of Commissioner of Appeal in Excise . Defoe saw Addison's poem puffed and its publication orches- trated to coincide with Marlborough's ...
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... Joseph Addison , Jonathan Swift , and dozens of the best minds of his generation engaged him in party warfare , but he was finally declared the " Goliath of his Party . " More than any other single writer , Defoe demonstrated the ...
... Joseph Addison , Jonathan Swift , and dozens of the best minds of his generation engaged him in party warfare , but he was finally declared the " Goliath of his Party . " More than any other single writer , Defoe demonstrated the ...
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