“A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that has another sense, when compared with such as have no relish of those arts.”

— Joseph Addison

No. 93 (16 June 1711).
The Spectator (1711–1714)

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politician, writer and playwright 1672–1719

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