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of envy, and malice. Compassion generally produces some mixture of tenderness, or freindship, envy is as naturally accompanied with anger, or ill will. To desire the happiness of another from whatever motive is a good preparative to affection and to desire anothers misery unavoidably begets [[underline]] aversion to him. -- [[/underline]] Sheffeild Duke of Buckingham in his account of [[underline]] Charles II [[/underline]] says, his understanding & memory were excellent, but his inapplication to business was unpardonable; his Conversation was extremely witty, and pleasant; he told a story with such uncommon agreeableness that if he repeated ten times, he hardly lost the charm of novelty, and was always entertaining, Sir William Temple says that he had great quickness of conception, great humour, great variety of knowledge, much judgment, and observation of Men, tho' in his manner so free, and familiar; his temper was uncommonly amiable, excessively happy in his disposition
