The De Coverley Papers, From 'The Spectator'

No character in our literature, not even Mr. Pickwick, has more endeared himself to successive generations of readers than Addison’s Sir Roger de Coverley:

在我们文学中，没有任何人物，甚至匹克威克先生，也没有像艾迪生的罗杰·德·科弗利爵士那样深受一代又一代读者的喜爱。

once created they came into a full-blooded life with personalities entirely of their own.

一旦被创造出来，他们便拥有了充实的生命和完全属于自己的人格。