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The Essay

on BBC Radio 3

The Great Essayists
2/4. Joseph Addison. The essays of English parliamentarian Joseph Addison , born in 1672, are literary gems, showing an ease and lucidity of style combined with great wisdom on the subject of human virtue.

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Joseph Addison.
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Joseph Addison

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