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Note by A Milnes to Translation of the Iliad a chapter of The Life Of Pope

This was a coffee-house opposite Will's in Russell Street, Covent Garden. It was kept by one Daniel Button, an old servant of the Countess of Warwick, whom Addison helped to establish it. Addison made it his frequent resort, and of course drew to it much of the society of the wits of the day.

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