Sentence:  Another of Addison's favourite companions was Ambrose Phillipps, a good Whig and a middling poet, who had the honour of bringing into fashion a species of composition which has been called, after his name, <WSD>"Namby-Pamby</WSD>". 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.