Joseph Addison [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… and Boswell confided to his journal that he ‘felt strong dispositions to be a Mr. Addison.’ 5 Addison extolled the virtues of modesty and a circumspect sociability: ‘True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; …
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