PREFACE

CONTENTS

HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE

THE ARCHITECT OF BLENHEIM (SIR JOHN
VANBRUGH)

Part II:

THE FIRST VICTORIAN (JOSEPH ADDISON)

Part I: Education.

1. School and University

2. Travels

3. The World

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Ratisbon in 1666

Mr. Jacob Tonson

Captain Vanbrugh, Clarenceux King at Arms

Sarah Duchess of Marlborough

Blenheim

Sir John Vanbrugh

Alexander Pope

The Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Frontispiece

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