Word: bickerstaffe
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Dates: during 1893-1893
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...public. The first number appeared in April 1709, in it being shown the scope and purpose of the paper. It was to be issued Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week, being started and run entirely by Steele who in connection with it, assumed the name of Isaac Bickerstaff. Addison detected the hand of Steele in one of the first issues and offered his services, contributing first in the eighteenth number. His appearance made a change in the character of the paper. Politics disappeared and the essay took its place. It must be remembered, however, that the success...