Explanation: It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next country to him.

Answer: These memorable and beautiful lines have been extracted from the famous essay of the club’ which is incorporated in the ‘Coverley Papers” by Addison and Steele In fact, this essay has been composed by Steele collaborator of Addison in writing the spectator Papers. Here Steele has depicted the portrait of disappointed Sir Roger de Coverley who is dejected by a widow of bad temper.

Sir Roger once finds a beautiful widow she is ten to one, twenty-six years old. Sir Roger is young. He is fascinated by her matchless charm. Being bewitched he once goes to visit her house. But the perverse widow is so much insipid that she does not respond to his call of love; rather she behaves somewhat roughly with Sir Roger. Since then Sir Roger does not go in contact with any lady. He is now an old person but he remains a bachelor.

In fact, through this statement, Steele has ridiculed the eccentric country squires who are pleasure-seeking covers of the pretty life. Sir Roger is a typical character and he represents the whimsical persons who are reluctant to wards practical life.