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" It is said that when Addison had suffered any vexation from the Countess he withdrew the company from Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late and drank too much wine. "
London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions - Page 315
by Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...always break i'ssted. He studied all morning ; Mien dined at a tavern ; and went ah-rrwards to Button's. Button had been a servant in the countess of Warwick's...family, who, under the patronage of Addison, kept a coffee- house on the south side of Ru srlstteet, about two doors from Covent-garden. Here it was that...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...ofthese,healwaysbreakfasted. Hesludied all morning then dined at a tavern, and went afterwards to Button's. Button had been a servant in the countess of Warwick's...Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russel-street, about two doors from Covent-Garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble....
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...alwaysbreakfasted. He studied all morning then dined at a tavern, and went afterwards to Button's. Button had been a servant in the countess of Warwick's...Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russel-street, about two doors from Covent-Garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble....
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The Guardian, Volume 2

1804 - 498 pages
...SeeN°84. Johnson says (Lives of the most Eminent English Poets, vol. ii. p. ! 10. 8vo edit. 1801,) " Button had been a servant in the countess of Warwick's...Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russel-street, about two doors from Covent-garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble....
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...always breakfasted. He studied all morning ; then dined at a tavern ; and went afterwards to Button's. Button had been a servant in the countess of Warwick's...Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russc 1street, about two doors from Covent-garden. Here it was that the wits * Spenc». fSpence. Vol.1....
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The British Essayists, Volume 17

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 370 pages
...Addison kept a coffee-house .011 the south side of Russel-street, about two doors from Covent-garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble. It is said that when Addison had suffered any vexation from the countess, Ue withdrew the iomjpany from Button's...
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The British Essayists;: Guardian

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 358 pages
...places as you directed.' ' Daniel Button had been a servant in the countess of War* wick's family, and under the patronage of Addison kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russel-street, about two doors from Covent-garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble....
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The school of action; a comedy

Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 410 pages
...South-side of Russelstreet, about two doors from Covent-garden, and was under the patronage of Addison. Here it was that the Wits of that time used to assemble. It is said, when Addison had suffered any vexation from the Countess, he withdrew the company from Button's house." Johnson's...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...breakfasted. He studied il all morning ; then dined at a tavern ; and went afterwards to Button's. Button had been a servant in the countess of Warwick's...Addison, kept a coffee-house on the South side of Russelstreet, about two doors from Covent-garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble....
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Dryden, Smith, Duke ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...a tavern ; and went afterwards to Button's. Button had been a servant in the countess of War wick's family, who, under the patronage of Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russelstreet, about two doors from Coven t-garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble....
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