Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot
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The Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot is a satire in poetic form written by Alexander Pope and addressed to his friend John Arbuthnot, a physician. It was first published in 1735, but composed in 1734 when Pop
Portrait of John Arbuthnot (1723) by Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of Alexander Pope (ca. 1727) by Michael Dahl
Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison was a British writer and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he fo
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1703–1712
Joseph Addison: engraving after the Kneller portrait
The actor John Kemble, in the role of Cato, revived at Covent Garden in 1816, drawn by George Cruikshank
Addison in 1719, the year he died