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with an amiable libemlity and candour. Sticli, indctJ, was 

 his general pcpiilarity, that Dr. Swift fays of liim on a par- 

 ticular occ^ilioii, " Mr. Addll'oii's elettion liaa pafTcd lafy 

 aiid undifpiu-d ; and, I bdieve, if lie had a mind to be 

 chofen kinjr, he v.-ould hardly !)e refnftd." The fricndlhip 

 tliat fubfilled between thefe two gentlemen continued 

 through life, without interruption, iiotwithllanding the 

 difference in their political principles and coiniec\ ions : and 

 fo nobly did Mr. Addifon aft on an occafion, iji wiiich he 

 was defn-ed by lord Sunderland not to converfe wiih fonie 

 people in Ireland that were not agreeable to him, that whilll 

 he profefled his great obligation to his Majelly for the 

 honour intended him, (of being fccretary to the Lord Lieu- 

 tenant,) he declared, at the fame time, he could not comply 

 with his excellency's requeil ; as he would not facriiiee his 

 frieiKilhip ior Dr. Swift, to be made chief governor of tliat 

 kingdom. Suppl. to Swift's works, vol. ii. p. 410. His 

 charatSer for probity has not, however, efcaped CiJum.iy 

 and reproach. Dr. Johnfon relates an anecdote, which 

 eveiy admirer of the dlilinguilbed merit of Mr. Addifon will 

 be very reluftant to believe, at lead without f nne authority 

 which Dr. Johnfon has not produced, and efpeeially in op- 

 poution to the evidence that has been alleged of its falle- 

 hood. Steele is faid to have borrowed lool. in a time 

 of preffing exigence of his friend Addifon, probably with- 

 out much purpofe of repayment : but Addifon, being im- 

 patient of delay, reclaimed the loan by an execution. The 

 following anecdote, wlilcli is of a very dlfrerciit kind, was 

 told by the late Dr. Birch. Mr. Addifon and Mr. Temple 

 Stanyan were very intimate, and were accuftumed to difpute 

 each other's opinions. Mr. Stanyan, however, was re- 

 duced to the neceflity of borrowing 500 1, of Mr. Addifon ; 

 the confequence of which was referve and diffidence, and an 

 apparent acqulefcence in the fentlments of his creditor on the 

 part of Stanyan. A difpute occurred on a topic, with re- 

 gard to which the latter had always been ufed to oppofe the 

 former ; but on this occafion Mr. Stanyan was fdcnt and 

 acquiefcing, which conduft hurt Mr. Addifon fo much, that 

 he faid to his friend, " Either ccHitradicl me, or pay me 

 the money." It appears alfo by fome particulars recited 

 concerniaig Mr. Addlibn, by a late fprightly writer, (Mr. 

 Tyers) that upon his return to England, after his traveh, 

 he difchargcd tlie old debt contracted at Oxford, with ample 

 intereft ; and that he refuted a gratilication of a 300 1. bank 

 note, and afterwards cf a diamond ring of the fame value, 

 from a Major Dunbar, whom he had endeavoured to ferve 

 in Ireland by his intereft with lord Sunderland ; and, it Is 

 probably- on this cccaiion, that he writes irt a letter ; " Be- 

 lieve me. Sir, wl-en I affure you I never did, nor ever will, 

 on any nretence whatfosver, take more than the dated and 

 cuilomaiy fees of my office. I might keep the contrary 

 praftlce concealed from tlie world, were I capable of it ; 

 but I could not from myfelf ; and I hope I (hall always 

 fear the reproaches of my own heart more than thofe cf 

 all mankind." V/e are informed by the writer jull men- 

 tioned, that having received encouragement from, a married 

 lady, of whom he had been formerly enamoured, he had 

 the integrity to refift the temptation. Addifon has been 

 charged with manifeftlng a great degree of jealoufy, envy, 

 and malevolence in his conduft towards Mr. Pope. Dr. 

 Warton and Cibberfeem to have given credit to this charge; 

 and the accufation has been direftly and circumltantlally pro- 

 duced by Mr. Ruffhead in his life of Pope, p. 184. — T93. 

 The late Judge Blackttone took great pains to inveftigatc 

 the grounds of it, and to evince its falfity. Befides the 

 jealoufy of Mr. Pope's fuperior talents, which conllitutes 

 part of the charge, Mr. Addifon is accufed of permitting 

 Mr- Tickell, who was his dependent, to publilh a traixHation 



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of the fir.l book of the Iliad, whlcli fome fay wa^ the juvc 

 mle woi-k of Addifon. and which othei-s afTirni was TickcU'v, 

 reviled by him, jull at liie time «lien the full volume of Mr. 

 Pojie's work was delivered to his fuijferibers. After a very 

 elaborate invelll»ation of this bufi.icfs, pulililhcd in ilic lall 

 edition of the Biog. Brit, the learned Judge tlofes witii 

 this paragraph : "As there are fo mar.y iiicontilUncics in 

 ih,- tlory itfelf, which never found its way into print till 

 near II My years after it is faid to have h.appened, it will be 

 no breach of cliarity to fuppofc, that the whole of it was 

 founded ou fomc niifai)prchenlioii in either Mr. Pope or the 

 cari (Warwick) ; and unlefs better proof can be given, we 

 Ihali readily acquit Mr. Addifon of this, the moll odious 

 part of the charge." At the clofe of his life, and with the 

 near views of his dlffolution, he fent for the young earl of 

 W.uwlck, and alio for Mr. Gay. He told the latter that 

 he had injured 111:-; ; but if he recovered, he would recom- 

 peiife him. Mr. Gay was ignorant of the clrcumilance to 

 wiiich he- adverted, but fujrjxxfed tliat fome preferment had 

 been deligiied for him, wlilch Mr. Addifon prevented hi* 

 obtaining. 



Of his interview with the young Earl, Dr. Young has 

 given the following aecouiit. After a long aud manlv, 

 but vain druggie vrith his dillemper, he difm'iffed his phy- 

 iicians, and with tliem all hopes of life. But witli his hopU 

 of life he dlfmilTed not his concern for the living, but fent 

 for a youth, nearly related, and tinely accomplllhed, but 

 not above being the better for good impreflions fmm a dying 

 friend. He came ; l)ut life now glimmering in the focket, 

 the dying friend was fdent : after a decent and proper paufv, 

 the youth faid, " Dear Sir ! you fent for rat ; I believe, 

 and hope, that you have fome commands ; I ihall lu)td them 

 moii facred." May dillant ages not only hear, but feel, 

 the reply ! forcibly grafjiing the youth's hand, he foftly 

 faid, " See in what peace a Chriilian can die." He fpok'e 

 with difficidty, and foon expired. 



Mr. Addifou, fiys his Biographer, notwlthftanding the 

 feveral things which have been advanced to leffen him in tlic 

 public opinion, will always be held in the hlghed eilimation, 

 as an amiable and excellent man in private life, as one of the 

 brighteft ornaments of, perhaps, the lined age of Englidi 

 literature ; as one wl-.o greatly contributed to the fpreading 

 of good fenfe and good tade in the nation ; as one of our 

 moil eafy, elegant, and graceful writers ; as having been 

 lingularly beautiful in his allegorical papers, and admirable 

 for the vein of humour which runs througli many of his 

 compolitions. Biog. Brit. 



Addison County, in Grogm/>hy, a county of Vermont in 

 America, on the ead Cde of lakeChamplain.and divided nearly 

 into equal parts by Otter Creek. It has Chittenden county 

 on the north, and Rutland county on the fouth ; and contains 

 6449 inhabitants, dlfperfed in twenty-one towndilpS. Its 

 dlmeufior.R are about thirty miles by twenty-feveu, and a 

 ra.ige of the Green Mountains paffes through it. Its chief 

 town is A'HiliHibury. 



Addison ir. alfo a town of the above county, lying on 

 the lake Cluuiiplain, fcparated from Newhaven, on the' ealt by 

 Otter Creek. The Snake Mountains are on the fouth-ealK 

 I'his to.v.-n contains 401 inhabitants. 



ADDITAMENT, in a general fenfe, denotes a thing 

 added to another. It lignllics the fame as Epiph'f/i.t. 



Add.itament, ill J'/nfr ^nd C'MmiJJiy, are things fuper- 

 added to the ordinary ingredients of any compolitlon. 



ADDITION, the aiA of joining one thing to another, 

 or of augmenting a thing, by the accellion of others. 



Addition, in jlrhhrnd'h; is the lull of the four funda- 

 mental rules, or operations, of that art. 



Mditian tonfills in fuiding the amount of feveraj nunv. 



