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congratulations. He is a person of such attainments, that the
gentry, in a manner, contend for his society; which he gives us
sparingly, and so as never to interfere with his sacred duties.
Indeed, such visits are often turned to the exercise of duties the
most important. The fortunes, the wants, and afflictions, of his
humble flock, are made the subject of fre(juent communication: ?he
acts as a medium of kindness and beneficence between his richer and
poorer neighbours: ?and thus contributes to unite all classes in
the bonds of Christian love. LV. PRIVATE EDUCATION AND INDULGENCE.
Docttina sed vim promovet iu.-it;im. Rectique cultus pectora
roborant. " TO THE KEEPER OF THE CABINET. " Sin, ?As I perceive, by
the account you have given of your family, that you are charged
with the education of a young kinsman; and as you hint that your
discipline is not over strict; I am tempted to send you some
particulars of my own history, as a lesson to yourself, and those
of your readers whom it may concern, on the fruits of early
indulgence. " I was an only child; and being left to the care of a
fond mother, was brought up with all due attention to my wishes. My
mother used to remark, amongher female friends, the extreme
sensibility of my temper; and, though she would say this in a tone
of regret, it was plain that she felt a secret pride in the
observation. This was soon found out by her friends, who, while
they condoled with her, did not fail to add that such was the
temperament of genius. In this she-would acquiesce with a sigh; and
then, stroking down my hair, would make me repeat the soliloquy of
Cato, or of young Norval, to the admiring visitors. " The
sensibility of my temper, as I recollect, was chiefly shewn in an
extreme fickleness, and impatience of contradicti...
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