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unexpected advantage of the freedom he has established or perhaps to surprize you the next time, by a behaviour of reserve; He knows how to assent as if he did not beleive a word you say; & if you commit a mistake, or blunder upon an inaccuracy he takes some mortifying method of letting you know the circumstance has not escaped his observation; He can equally distress you by satirical praise, or by frigid silence. -- I do not fancy that either his talent or wealth make him happy, the pleasures of malice, & revenge are of short duration, but the passions which engender them, remain in the breast, and disturb it. - His violence is not the warmth of a generous Mind, his liberality has its source (not in ^ [[addition]] an [[/addition]] unthinking, open, and free [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] [[addition]] disposition, but [[/addition]] ) in pride I beleive he scarcely ever forgot the resentment [[addition]] he felt or [[/addition]] vengeance he intended to take either for a supposed, or real injury. ---
