Amiable disposition--but he gives his own character.
_Elaborate. Think what to say--say what one thinks. Letter on
sickness to Steele_. _On Solitude. Ostentatious benevolence.
Professions of sincerity_. _Neglect of fame. Indifference about
everything_. _Sometimes gay and airy, sometimes sober and
grave_. _Too proud of living among the great_. Probably forward
to make acquaintance. _No literary man ever talked so much of
his fortune. Grotto. Importance. Post-office, letters open_.
_Cant of despising the world_. _Affectation of despising
poetry_. _His easiness about the critics._. _Something of
foppery_. _His letters to the ladies--pretty_. _Abuse of
Scripture--not all early_. Thoughts in his letters that are
elsewhere.