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countenance & disposition which entitles him to a higher degree of respect than we were disposed to claim, there was a vein of piety & sanctity in his appearance & demeanour that commanded veneration we are not therefore jealous that at his approach Men assume graver faces & more dressy habits, we envy not the ceremonies, attentions, he receives tho' we are of opinion that his value may have been overrated, but that, (by a violent infringement if the laws of inheritance) he should be by the corrupt suffrages of Mankind exalted to the rank of Seniority, & take precedency of our elder brother is a liberty which we can never forgive. Yet if we were even to allow the privilege of the World to make
