The Spectator, Vol. 1 of 3
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Excerpt from The Spectator, Vol. 1 of 3: A New Edition Reproducing the Original Text Both as First Issued and as Corrected by Its Authors; With Introduction, Notes, and Index When Richard Steele, in number 555 of his Spectator, signed its last paper and named those who had most helped him ´to keep up the spirit of so long and approved a performance,´ he gave chief honour to one who had on his page, as in his heart, no name but Friend. This was ´the gentleman of whose assistance I formerly boasted in the Preface and concluding Leaf of my Toilers. I am indeed much more proud of his long-continued Friendship, than I should be of the fame of being thought the author of any writings which he himself is capable of producing. I remember when I finished the Tender ´Husband, I told him there was nothing I so ardently wished, as that we might some time or other publish a work, written by us both, which should bear the name of The Monument, in Memory of our Friendship.´ Why he refers to such a wish, his next words show. The seven volumes of the Spectator, then complete, were to his mind The Monument, and of the Friendship it commemorates he wrote, ´I heartily wish what I have done here were as honorary to that sacred name as learning, wit, and humanity render those pieces which I have taught the reader how to distinguish for his.´ So wrote Steele: and the Spectator will bear witness how religiously his friendship was returned. In number 453, when, paraphrasing David´s Hymn on Gratitude, the ´rising soul´ of Addison surveyed the mercies of his God, was it not Steele whom he felt near to him at the Mercy-seat as he wrote Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss Has made my cup run o´er. And in a kind and faithful Friend Has doubled all my store? The Spectator, Steele-and-Addison´s Spectator, is a monument befitting the most memorable friendship in our history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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