ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the characters and ruling passions of Addison. It is well known and obvious that the character of Atticus was meant for Addison. A doubt has existed whether Pope was right in supposing Addison to have been jealous; and perhaps he was not: but the coldness, reserve, and management, in the disposition of the lord of Button’s Coffee-house, not unnaturally gave rise to the suspicion; and the exquisite expression of the language in which it is conveyed has all the eloquence of belief.
