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I have often reflected upon the character of XX I have liked him, therefore the thought naturally arose in my mind; I have done justice to his courage, his generosity, & many of his engaging qualities; at present he is an amicable companion both to Men & Women, but will he be always the same? [[underline]] there's the rub; [[/underline]] [[foreign: French]] il a si peu de religion; c'est peut être dire qu'il n'a pas [[/foreign]] one fixed principle of virtue; there is a vivacity and good nature in youth that can hide all the hideousness of impiety itself; but what sort of a husband would he make towards the middle & latter end of life: when his gaiety begins to languish, from the emptiness of pleasure ^[[addition]] when [[/addition]] his lively temper is rendered more splenetic, and imperious by the inevitable vexation of the World, when disappointed hopes
