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vivacity of his difpofition then allowed him to become. With AccountofLori 



uncomjmon beauty of countenance and pleafantnefs of manner, 



the favourite of every relation and acquaintance, he did not 



then (as is common with young men fo circumftanced) apply 



to his ftudies with the conflant and unremitting afliduity which 



is calculated to attain deep learning. But he had a readinefs 



and acutenefs that cotild eafily perform his exercifes when he 



wiflied to perform them. After going through the ordinary 



courfe of clafles at the Univerfity, coniifting of the Latin and 



Greek languages, of Logic, Philofophy, the Civil and Scots 



Law, he was admitted Advocate in the year 1766. 



For fome time after his coming to the bar, he retained 

 fomewhat of that gaiety of deportment and of condudl, wliich 

 are not exadlly fuited to the dry and uninviting paths that con- 

 duct men to legal eminence. His manners and difpofition 

 were better fitted for the lefs ferious and more engaging fociety 

 of men of fafhion and pleafure. During feveral years he lived 

 a good deal in fuch fociety, and gave but Kttle promife of that 

 attention and application to bufinefs for which he was after- 

 wards diflinguifhed. Though not unremittingly attentive, how- 

 ever, to his profeflion, he was never negledful of its duties ; 

 and when any particular cafe was put into his hands, he gave 

 very convincing proofs, both of his general talents, and of his 

 power of application to bufinefs in detaiL 



But it was not long before he felt the propriety of fecluding 

 himfelf more than he had hitherto done from the fcenes of 

 conviviahty and amufement, which had interfered with a more 

 ferious and determined application to his profeflion. He had 

 lent to lighter fociety a certain gaiety and fportfulnefs of mind, 

 which, in a charadler of lefs native vigour and ability, might 

 have been fatal to the future profpecfts of his life. But he pof^ 

 fefTed an intrinfic charadler, which it was not diihcult ./or him 

 to refume ; and from that pride and dignity of foul which he 



(a 2) always 



