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He encountered Jonathan Swift in Ireland and remained there for a year.

Subsequently, he helped found the Kitcat Club and renewed his association with Richard Steele.

In 1709 Steele began to bring out Tatler, to which Addison became almost immediately a contributor: thereafter he ( with Steele ) started The Spectator, the first number of which appeared on 1 March 1711.

This paper, which at first appeared daily, was kept up ( with a break of about a year and a half when the Guardian took its place ) until 20 December 1714.