Sir Roger de Coverley
Joseph Addison, Richard Steele
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s/t: Essays from The Spectator by Addison and Steele Edited with Notes and an Introduction by Zelma Gray

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Sir Roger de Coverley was the name of a character in The Spectator (1711), created by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. An English squire of Queen Anne’s reign, Sir Roger exemplified the values of an old country gentleman, and was portrayed as lovable but somewhat ridiculous (‘rather beloved than esteemed’) (Spectator no. 2), making his Tory politics seem harmless but silly. He was said to be the grandson of the man who invented the dance.