The complete online text of The Spectator, Volume 1 by Joseph Addison.

The English essayist and politician Joseph Addison (1672-1719) founded the "Spectator" periodical with Sir Richard Steele. Joseph Addison was born on May 1, 1672, the son of the rector of Milston, Wiltshire. He was educated at the Charterhouse, an import...

Nathan Drake keened in 1805 that Joseph Addison for all his literary achievement and "moral dominion" frustrated biographers, who stood helpless before his reticence and distrust of self-revelation. Time and scholarship have not made the private individu...

Nathan Drake keened in 1805 that Joseph Addison for all his literary achievement and "moral dominion" frustrated biographers, who stood helpless before his reticence and distrust of self-revelation. Time and scholarship have not made the private individu...

An onlooker sees more of the game than a player. (Spanish) He who looks on has two-thirds of the game. (Italian) Onlookers see most of the game. (Italian) To the onlooker no work is too hard....

The Spectator is a British magazine founded in 1828 and published weekly. It is currently owned by the Barclay brothers, who also own The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject area is politics, about which it generally takes a robustly conservative...

Yaraslova Shvedova of Russia won her first WTA Tour title by stunning top-seeded defending champion Mara Santangelo of Italy 6-4, 6-4 at the Sony Ericsson International on Sunday.Shvedova, ranked 143rd in the world, again showed the outstanding form she displayed all week to overcome the...

Sheridan Morley, a theater critic, broadcaster and author of many show-business biographies, has died at the age of 65.Morley, who wrote for such publications as The Times of London, Punch, The Spectator and the International Herald Tribune, died Friday at home. The BBC reported that...

The Valentine's Day breakup of two North Carolina college students that featured singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade was a hoax after all.Ryan Burke confessed Monday that the confrontation, which became an instant hit on YouTube.com, was all a stunt to show the...