This great,
this good man, possesses every accomplishment requisite to inspire
admiration, love, and esteem. With infinitely more merit than almost
ever fell to one man's share, he manifests such diffidence of his
own qualifications, as cannot fail to prepossess every company in
his favour. He seems to observe nothing, yet sees everything; his
manner of telling a story, and making trifles elegant, is peculiar
to himself; and, though he has a thousand oddities, they serve
only to make him more agreeable. After what I have said, it may be
supposed that I was enamoured of his person; but this was not the
case; love is altogether capricious and fanciful; yet I admire,
honour, and esteem him to the highest degree, and when I observe
that his character resembled that of my dear departed friend Mr.
B--; or rather, that Mr. B--, had he lived, would have resembled
Lord --, I pay the highest compliment I can conceive both to the
living and to the dead.
"In this nobleman's friendship and conversation I thought myself
happy; though I was, as usual, exposed to the indefatigable efforts
of my lord, who, one day, while I was favoured with the company of
this generous friend, appeared at my door in his coach, attended by
another gentleman, who demanded entrance with an air of authority.
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