[89] William Temple, b. 1628; d. 1699. His works, mainly political writings, were published in two volumes folio, 1720; a later edition, 1731, including the Letters of Temple (edited, and as title-page says--published by Jonathan Swift), was dedicated to his Majesty William III.
[90] This old country home, very charming with its antique air, its mossy terraces, its giant cedars, is still held by a Sir Henry Dryden.
[91] Otway, b. 1631; d. 1685, son of a Sussex clergyman, was author of many poor plays, and of two--“The Orphan” and “Venice Preserved”--sure to live. With much native refinement and extraordinary pathetic power, he went to the bad; was crazed by hopeless love for an actress (Mrs. Barry) in his own plays; plunged thereafter into wildest dissipation, and died destitute and neglected.
[92] Shall I except his re-telling of the tale of Cymon and “Iphigene the Fair?”
[93] John Locke, b. 1632; d. 1704. The best edition of Locke’s works is said to be that by Bishop Law, four volumes, 4to, 1777. For Life, Fox Bourne (1876) is latest authority.
[94] This was a weak scion of the house, “born a shapeless lump, like anarchy,” as Dryden savagely says; but--by this very match--he became the father of the brilliant author of the _Characteristics_ (1711).
[97] William Congreve, b. 1670; d. 1729. See edition of his dramatic works, with pleasant introduction by Leigh Hunt (1840).
[98] Daniel Defoe, b. 1661; d. 1731. Little is known of his very early life. Of _Robinson Crusoe_ there have been editions innumerable. Of his complete works no full edition has ever been published--probably never will be.
[99] Richard Steele, b. 1672; d. 1729. He was born in Dublin, and died on his wife’s estate at Llanngunnor, near Caermarthen, in Wales.
[100] The _Christian Hero_ appeared in 1701; and it was in the same year that Steele’s first play of “The Funeral” was acted at Drury Lane. “The Lying Lover” appeared in 1703, and “The Tender Husband” in 1705.
[101] I take the careful reckoning of Mr. Dobson in his _Life of Steele_, 1886.
[102] It is, however, seriously to be doubted if Addison ever saw the “Atticus” satire.
[103] “_Je tire vers ma fin._” Smollett (Book I., chap. vi.); not a strong authority in most matters, but--from his profession of medicine--an apt one to ferret out actual details in respect to royal illness.