Note 13 — Chapter XI · ENGLISH ESSAYISTS OF THE GEORGIAN ERA.
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Wycherley, in a letter to Pope (May 17, 1709), writes, 'Hitherto your "Miscellanies" have safely run the gauntlet through all the coffee-houses, which are now entertained with a whimsical new newspaper called the "Tatler," which I suppose you have seen.'