XIV LIFE OF 



stance, of his brother. To the most enlarged 

 and enlightened mind, he added the sweetest 

 temper, and the most generous disposition. His 

 tenderness towards me was excessive, and I re- 

 garded him with more than filial affection and 



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veneration. Observing my passion for books, 

 and thinking favourably of my capacity, he en- 

 gaged a clergyman (my loved and ever to be la- 

 mented friend Isaac Teale) to reside in his fami- 

 ly, chiefly to supply by his instructions my de- 

 ficiency in the learned languages. Mr. Teale 

 had been master of a free grammar school, and 

 besides being a most accomplished scholar, pos- 

 sessed an exquisite taste for poetry, of which 

 the reader will be convinced by referring to the 

 Gentleman's Magazine, for August, 1771; the 

 beautiful copy of verses, there first published, 

 called ec The Compliment of the Day/' being 

 of his composition. I dare not say, however, 

 that I made any great progress in the languages 

 under his tuition; I acquired " small Latin, and 

 less Greek " even now, 1 find it difficult to read 

 the Roman poets in their own language. The 

 case was, that not having been grounded in the 

 Latin grammar at an earlier period of life, I 

 found the study of it insupportably disgusting, 

 after that I had acquired a taste for the beauties 



