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by Joseph Addison
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Days with Sir Roger de Coverley Summary
| 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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| The adventures of Sir Roger de Coverley (country gentry) appeared in the English periodical The Spectator between 1711 and December 1712. Even more successful than its predecessor, The Tatler, The Spectator ran off 555 issues before its close, rising to a peak circulation of 14,000 copies. Supposedly written by members of a small club, The Spectator vowed to be non-political, with Joseph Addison and Ricard Steele attempting to ensure their objectivity on the subjects under discussion. Each edition of The Spectator dealt with a specific topic that was then subject to philosophical analysis by the symbolic figures representing members of the British middle class. |
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