Authority Cited: Addison
Author name and dates: Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
BKG Bio-tweet: Classical scholar; prolific writer of popular and influential periodical essays; poet, playwright; public servant
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: about 2200 Addison cites in 1755 Dict. vol.1, about 2400 cites in 1755 Dict. vol.2 (this count includes Freeholder, Guardian, Spectator and Tatler cites); 23 added Addison cites were identified in vol. 1 of the 1773 Dict., and 25 in vol. 2, listed in bold italic below. Brackets below indicate that the citation is only to "Addison." Reddick, in The Making of Johnson's Dictionary, p.122, reports 26 added cites of Addison in the 1773 Dict. in the Letters M to Z. The editions of Addison's works used by SJ is unknown. The 1721 quarto 1st edition of Addison's Works does not contain the Drummer or the one-page Prologue to Phaedra and Hippolitus, both of which SJ quotes. The 1726 London edition of the Miscellaneous Works does contain these pieces, as do the 1736, 1746 and 1753 London editions of the Miscellaneous Works. However, the periodical pieces, such as the Spectator are not included in the Miscellaneous Works, so if SJ used the Miscellaneous Works, he also used separate editions of the periodicals. The advertisement in the 1726 London Miscellaneous Works states that the Spectators, Tatlers, Guardians, Freeholder, and Remarks on Italy had previously been published in twelves. Issues of the Guardian, Spectator, and Tatler are quoted by SJ, but that are not in the 1721 Works are noted below. The information below on Addison attributions in the periodicals Spectator, Guardian, Tatler, and Freeholder is from Rogal, S.J., "Joseph Addison (1679-1719): A Check-List of Works and Major Scholarship," Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Winter 1974, pp. 236-250. Thanks to R. DeMaria for pointing out this reference.]
Miscellaneous works, in verse and prose of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. in Three Volumes, With some account of the life and writings of the author, by Mr. Tickell. 1726, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson.
Freeholder; The Free-holder: or, Political essays by the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, the Eighth Edition, 1753, London: printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson; abet; abetter/abettor; able-bodied; accessible; [circulate (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [delicacy (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: about 380 total Freeholder cites. This title not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were separate editions from 1715 onward, and all of the Freeholder cites indicated by issue number in vol. 1 of the 1755 Dict. are included in the 1721 Works.]
Guardian; The Guardian, 1714, London, printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand; abortive; abyss (added in 1773 Dict.) all; [BKG Note: about 210 total Guardian cites. This title not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were many separate editions from 1714 onward. Guardian issues attributed to Addison by Tickel are included in the 1721 Works. SJ cites, in vol. 1 of the 1755 Dict., by issue number, the following Guardian issues that are not in the 1721 Works: #10: circle; #12: disuse. My conclusion is that SJ used a separate edition of the Guardian for the 1755 Dict. quotations, rather than the 1721 Works.]
Spectator; The Spectator, 1712 (v.1, v.2), 1713 (v.3 to 7), 1715 (v.8), London : printed for S. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and J. Tonson at Shakespear's-Head, over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand,abbess; abject; above-mentioned; about; abruptly; absence; absence; absent; absurd; absurdity; accomplice; accomplishment; according; account; accoutrement; acquaintance; acquiescence; acquirement; action; action; actress; actually; actuate; additional; address; [aggravation (added in 1773 Dict.)]; call (added in 1773 Dict.); [commerce (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [contempt (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [cynick (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [delivery (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [demand (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [devilish (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [fable (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [fetter (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [foil (added in 1773 Dict.)]; to have (10 cites, all Spectator #447); [on (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [thing (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [thou (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [wench (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: about 1300 total Spectator cites. There are about 50 Spectator cites with issue numbers indicated under letter A of the 1755 Dict. These range from #8 to #606, of the 635 total. This title is not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were many separate Spectator editions from 1712/13/15 onward, and Spectator issues attributed to Addison by Tickel are included in the 1721 Works. SJ cites, under the letter A, by issue number, the following Spectator issues that are not in the 1721 Works: #77 (two cites): absence, absent; #264: affectation; #288 (two cites): arrack, atlas; #291: absurd; #406: air; #408: alone; #572: agape; and #606: awkwardly, My conclusion is that SJ used a separate edition of the Spectator for the 1755 Dict. quotations, rather than the 1721 Works. Richard Steele contributed or edited about half of Addison's Spectator issues. These were generally attributed as "Addison's Spectator" when cited in the 1755 Dict. The following Spectator issues, thought to be authored by John Hughes, are cited in the 1755 Dict. #210: passed; #237: deal, marriageable (but included as Addison's in the 1721 Works); #537: productive. The Hughes attribution information is from Bond, D.F. "The First Printing of the Spectator" Modern Philology 48 (1950) 164-177.] Prof. Beth Rapp Young notes (June 2024) that the Addison quote for hospital reads "alms-house" in the text (Spectator #549) [BKG Note: also, "superannuated" in the text becomes "old" in the Dict.]
Tatler; The Tatlers. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq., 1710, London: printed and sold by H. Hills, in Black-Fryars, near the Water-Side, 1710; acquaint; adore; affable; genteel (added in 1773 Dict., cited as Tatler); [BKG Note: about 200 total Tatler cites (most without Addison's name). This title not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were many separate editions from 1710 onward, Tatler issues attributed to Addison by Tickel are included in the 1721 Works. SJ cites, in vol. 1 of the 1755 Dict., by issue number, the following Tatler issues that are not in the 1721 Works: #51 through #63, inclusive; #74; #96; #100; #106; #107; and #110. My conclusion is that SJ used a separate edition of the Tatler for the 1755 Dict. quotations, rather than the 1721 Works..]
Author name and dates: Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
BKG Bio-tweet: Classical scholar; prolific writer of popular and influential periodical essays; poet, playwright; public servant
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: about 2200 Addison cites in 1755 Dict. vol.1, about 2400 cites in 1755 Dict. vol.2 (this count includes Freeholder, Guardian, Spectator and Tatler cites); 23 added Addison cites were identified in vol. 1 of the 1773 Dict., and 25 in vol. 2, listed in bold italic below. Brackets below indicate that the citation is only to "Addison." Reddick, in The Making of Johnson's Dictionary, p.122, reports 26 added cites of Addison in the 1773 Dict. in the Letters M to Z. The editions of Addison's works used by SJ is unknown. The 1721 quarto 1st edition of Addison's Works does not contain the Drummer or the one-page Prologue to Phaedra and Hippolitus, both of which SJ quotes. The 1726 London edition of the Miscellaneous Works does contain these pieces, as do the 1736, 1746 and 1753 London editions of the Miscellaneous Works. However, the periodical pieces, such as the Spectator are not included in the Miscellaneous Works, so if SJ used the Miscellaneous Works, he also used separate editions of the periodicals. The advertisement in the 1726 London Miscellaneous Works states that the Spectators, Tatlers, Guardians, Freeholder, and Remarks on Italy had previously been published in twelves. Issues of the Guardian, Spectator, and Tatler are quoted by SJ, but that are not in the 1721 Works are noted below. The information below on Addison attributions in the periodicals Spectator, Guardian, Tatler, and Freeholder is from Rogal, S.J., "Joseph Addison (1679-1719): A Check-List of Works and Major Scholarship," Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Winter 1974, pp. 236-250. Thanks to R. DeMaria for pointing out this reference.]
Miscellaneous works, in verse and prose of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. in Three Volumes, With some account of the life and writings of the author, by Mr. Tickell. 1726, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson.
- [Account of the Greatest English Poets]; [more (added in 1773 Dict.; inexact quote, perhaps from memory)];
- [Campaign, a Poem]; [line (added in 1773 Dict.)];
- Cato; account; address; address; [cloud (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [divinity (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [maze (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [myself (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [people (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [plot (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [lecture (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [sand (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [satisfy (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [strife (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [wreck (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: about 260 total Cato cites]
- Count Tariff; The Late Tryal and Conviction of Count Tariff; [browbeat ]; cut down; downright; plain; [reverse]; roundly; [BKG Note: about 6 total Count Tariff cites]
- Dialogues on Medals; a; apprehension; apron; [BKG Note: about 90 total Medals cites]
- Drummer & Prologue; bashful; blank; freethinker; [jocular (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: about 3 total Drummer cites in the 1755 Dict. This title is not in the 1721 Addison Works, but is in the 1726 and subsequent London editions of the Miscellaneous Works]
- Essay on Virgil's Georgicks [Georgics]; antiqueness; bend; beside; [BKG Note: about 30 total Georgicks cites, some citations to Georgicks may be to the Fourth Georgick translation.]
- [Fourth Georgick (Translation)]; [unequal (added in 1773 Dict.)];
- [Letter from Italy to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Halifax in the Year MDCCI]; [bright (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [perfume (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [retire (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [sky (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [smile (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [warm (added in 1773 Dict.)];
- On the Christian Religion; above-cited; accomplish; account; [BKG Note: about 30 total Christian Religion cites]
- On the State of War; all; arbitrator; catch; disunion; levy; modest; object; penuriousness; pitch; point; precaution; religious; republick; revolt; stowage; straiten; throw; tug; unimpaired; [BKG Note: about 35 total State of the War cites]
- Ovid’s Metamorphoses; aboard; amour; apply; ashore; black; eyeless; firmament; lodge; [generous (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: about 50 total Ovid cites]
- [Prologue (to Smith's) Phaedra and Hippolitus, spoken by Mr. Wilks]; [understand (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: This title is not in the 1721 Addison Works but is in the 1736, 1753 and 1735 (Dublin) edition of the Miscellaneous Works.]
- Remarks on Italy; a; above; absent; abundance; acceptable; accrue; accuse; across; [catacombs (added in 1773 Dict.)]; embroil (added in 1773 Dict.); galleass (added in 1773 Dict.); [or (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: about 480 total Italy cites. This title not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were separate editions from 1705 onward, and the Remark son Italy is included in the 1721 Works.]
- Rosamond; gasp; methodical; [burn (added in 1773 Dict., perhaps from memory: "burn" is not in the text, which reads "She raves, and faints, and dies, 'tis true/ but she raves, and faints, and dies for you.")]; [BKG Note: about 2 total Rosamond cites in the 1755 Dict.]
- To Pope; conclude; proposal [BKG Note: about 2 total To Pope cites. This title is not in the 1721 Addison Works. The cites may be from Pope's Works.]
- [To Sir Godfrey Kneller on His Picture of the King]; [abdicate]; [sing (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [whilst (while, added in 1773 Dict.)];
- Whig Examiner; abject; [abuse]; anticlimax; artisan; pitch; [BKG Note: about 17 total Whig Examiner cites]
- Addison (no work cited); [BKG Note: about 1700 total Addison cites with no work specified in the 1755 Dict.]
Freeholder; The Free-holder: or, Political essays by the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, the Eighth Edition, 1753, London: printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson; abet; abetter/abettor; able-bodied; accessible; [circulate (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [delicacy (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: about 380 total Freeholder cites. This title not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were separate editions from 1715 onward, and all of the Freeholder cites indicated by issue number in vol. 1 of the 1755 Dict. are included in the 1721 Works.]
Guardian; The Guardian, 1714, London, printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand; abortive; abyss (added in 1773 Dict.) all; [BKG Note: about 210 total Guardian cites. This title not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were many separate editions from 1714 onward. Guardian issues attributed to Addison by Tickel are included in the 1721 Works. SJ cites, in vol. 1 of the 1755 Dict., by issue number, the following Guardian issues that are not in the 1721 Works: #10: circle; #12: disuse. My conclusion is that SJ used a separate edition of the Guardian for the 1755 Dict. quotations, rather than the 1721 Works.]
Spectator; The Spectator, 1712 (v.1, v.2), 1713 (v.3 to 7), 1715 (v.8), London : printed for S. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and J. Tonson at Shakespear's-Head, over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand,abbess; abject; above-mentioned; about; abruptly; absence; absence; absent; absurd; absurdity; accomplice; accomplishment; according; account; accoutrement; acquaintance; acquiescence; acquirement; action; action; actress; actually; actuate; additional; address; [aggravation (added in 1773 Dict.)]; call (added in 1773 Dict.); [commerce (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [contempt (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [cynick (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [delivery (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [demand (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [devilish (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [fable (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [fetter (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [foil (added in 1773 Dict.)]; to have (10 cites, all Spectator #447); [on (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [thing (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [thou (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [wench (added in 1773 Dict.)]; [BKG Note: about 1300 total Spectator cites. There are about 50 Spectator cites with issue numbers indicated under letter A of the 1755 Dict. These range from #8 to #606, of the 635 total. This title is not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were many separate Spectator editions from 1712/13/15 onward, and Spectator issues attributed to Addison by Tickel are included in the 1721 Works. SJ cites, under the letter A, by issue number, the following Spectator issues that are not in the 1721 Works: #77 (two cites): absence, absent; #264: affectation; #288 (two cites): arrack, atlas; #291: absurd; #406: air; #408: alone; #572: agape; and #606: awkwardly, My conclusion is that SJ used a separate edition of the Spectator for the 1755 Dict. quotations, rather than the 1721 Works. Richard Steele contributed or edited about half of Addison's Spectator issues. These were generally attributed as "Addison's Spectator" when cited in the 1755 Dict. The following Spectator issues, thought to be authored by John Hughes, are cited in the 1755 Dict. #210: passed; #237: deal, marriageable (but included as Addison's in the 1721 Works); #537: productive. The Hughes attribution information is from Bond, D.F. "The First Printing of the Spectator" Modern Philology 48 (1950) 164-177.] Prof. Beth Rapp Young notes (June 2024) that the Addison quote for hospital reads "alms-house" in the text (Spectator #549) [BKG Note: also, "superannuated" in the text becomes "old" in the Dict.]
Tatler; The Tatlers. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq., 1710, London: printed and sold by H. Hills, in Black-Fryars, near the Water-Side, 1710; acquaint; adore; affable; genteel (added in 1773 Dict., cited as Tatler); [BKG Note: about 200 total Tatler cites (most without Addison's name). This title not in editions of Addison's Miscellaneous Works. There were many separate editions from 1710 onward, Tatler issues attributed to Addison by Tickel are included in the 1721 Works. SJ cites, in vol. 1 of the 1755 Dict., by issue number, the following Tatler issues that are not in the 1721 Works: #51 through #63, inclusive; #74; #96; #100; #106; #107; and #110. My conclusion is that SJ used a separate edition of the Tatler for the 1755 Dict. quotations, rather than the 1721 Works..]