James Boswell [ Art and Literature ]
… his first real independent foray into English society. He will model himself, he writes, on ‘Mr Addison’s character in sentiment, mixed with a little of the gaiety of Sir Richard Steele ’, to which he will add ‘the manners’ of his friend the Edinburgh actor ‘Mr Digges’ ( London Journal 89). A proper balance of sentiment, humour and manners, in other words, is necessary for Boswellian sociability, no matter what the activity, and …
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