and other of his works, edited by John Toland, had been produced in 1700.
| [No. 177] | Saturday, September 22, 1711 | Addison |
... Quis enim bonus, aut face dignus
Arcanâ, qualem Cereris vult esse sacerdos,
Ulla aliena sibi credat mala?
Juv.
In one of my last Week's Papers I treated of Good-Nature, as it is the Effect of Constitution; I shall now speak of it as it is a Moral Virtue. The first may make a Man easy in himself and agreeable to others, but implies no Merit in him that is possessed of it. A Man is no more to be praised upon this Account, than because he has a regular Pulse or a good Digestion.
Good-Nature however in the Constitution, which Mr.
Dryden