… letter written from Geneva in 1702 in which he thanks his friend Chamberlain Dashwood for the gift of a snuffbox, Joseph Addison ascribes emotion to the object which acts as a material embodiment of their mutual affection: 3 . Lady Mary … it out of my pocket whenever I think of M r Dashwood.’ 4 Here the snuffbox transited in various hands before reaching Addison, being given first by Dashwood to a Mr. Bocher to be entrusted to deliver the gift safely into Addison’s hand. Its circulation can be viewed as a materialization of the friendly network to which both Addison and …
Collecting | Consumption | Emotions | Fashion | Friendship | Luxury | North America | Snuff
… certain philosophical and political issues. Riccoboni was a voracious reader of Samuel Richardson , Edward Young, Joseph Addison , and Alexander Pope . In Paris, she also rubbed shoulders with figures such as Richard Burke, David Hume , Adam …
Anglomania | Correspondence | France | Friendship | Theatre
… fellow writers, Defoe was not a clubbable man. He was not a member of genteel clubs of literati such as the Kit-Cats or Addison ’s circle at Button’s Coffee-House. 8 . Paula Backscheider, Daniel Defoe: His Life (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins …