Joseph Addison
(1672–1719
) an English writer and poet who was also active in politics. With his friend Richard
Steele he started the ↑
Spectator. He wrote many poems and a ↑
tragic play, Cato
(1713
), but he is remembered mainly for his essays in the ↑
Spectator and the ↑Tatler, written in a simple, direct style.
Useful english dictionary.
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