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" There had been a coldness (said Mr. Pope) between Mr. Addison and me for some time; and we had not been in company together, for a good while, any where but at Button's coffee-house, where I used to see him almost every day. On his meeting me there, one... "
All About Coffee - Page 574
by William Harrison Ukers - 1922 - 796 pages
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The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St ..., Volume 2

Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 326 pages
..."Addison usually studied all the morning ; then met his party at Button's ; dined, and staid there five or six hours ; and sometimes far into the night. I...much for me : it hurt my health, and so I quitted it."f Button had been a servant of the Countess of Warwick, whom Addison married. It is said that when...
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The Streets of London: With Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents

John Thomas Smith - City dwellers - 1849 - 472 pages
...usually studied all the morning ; then met his party at Button's, dined there, and stayed for five or six hours, and sometimes far into the night. I was of the company for about a year, hut found it too much for me. It hurt my health, and so I quitted it." But this was not the only reason...
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Handbook of London: Past and Present

Peter Cunningham - Great Britain - 1850 - 678 pages
...morning : then met his party at Button's, dined there, and stayed five or six hours ; and sometimes fur into the night. — I was of the company for about...for me : it hurt my health, and so I quitted it." — Pope. — Spruce, by Singer, p. 286. " There, had been a coldness between me and Mr. Addison for...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
..."Addison usually studied all the morning; then met his party at Button's; dined there, and stayed five or six hours, and sometimes far into the night. I...much for me: it hurt my health, and so I quitted it." — POPE (Spence's Anecdotes). ** "When he returned to England (in 1702), with a meanness of appearance...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...Addison usually studied all the morning; then met his party at Button's; ' dined there, and stayed five or six hours, and sometimes far into the night. I...too much for me: it hurt my health, and so I quitted it."—POPE (Spence's Anecdotet.) emissary from Government and Fortune came and found him. 1 A poem...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1853 - 392 pages
...by Addison. This Pope reported to Spence : — There bad been a coldness between Mr. Addison and me for some time, and we had not been in company together for a good while anywhere but at Button's coffee-house, where I used to see him almost every day. On his meeting me there one day in...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1853 - 384 pages
...made by Addison. This Pope reported to Spence:— There had been a coldness between Mr. Addison and me for some time. and we had not been in company together for a good while anywhere bat at Button's coffee-house, where I used to see him almost every day. On his meeting me there one...
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A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 4

George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 504 pages
...literally transcribe from Mr Spence's ' Collection.' " There had been a coldness between Mr Addison and me for some time, and we had not been in company together for a good while any where but at Button's coffee-house, where I used to fee him almost every day. On his meeting me...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 306 pages
...Addison usually studied all the morning ; then met his party at Button's ; dined there, and stayed five or six hours, and sometimes far into the night. I...for me : it hurt my health, and so I quitted it." — POPE (Spence's Anecdotes.) emissary from Government and Fortune came and found him.' A poem was...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 314 pages
..."Addison usually studied all the morning; then met his party at Button's; dined there, and stayed five or six hours, and sometimes far into the night. I...for me : it hurt my health, and so I quitted it." — POPE (Spcnce's Anecdotet.) emissary from Government and Fortune came and found him.1 A poem was...
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