^S MEMOIRS OP 



hufband, often rendered uncomfortable 

 the domeftic fituation of a high-fpirited 

 youth of genius. We may well fuppofe 

 he impatiently brooked the preceptive im- 

 pertinence, and troublefome authority of a 

 man whom he defpifed, and who had no 

 claim upon his obedience, though he con- 

 fidered it as a duty to pay fome outward 

 refpect to the hufband.of his mother. 



She frequently repined at the narrow- 

 nefs of her jointure, and ftill oftener 

 exprefled folicitude left Mr. Philips, who 

 had no fortune of his own, fhould lole 

 in the decline of life, by lofing her, all 

 comfortable fubfiftence. It was Mr. Day's 

 firft aft, on coming of age, and into pof- 

 feffion of his eftate, to augment his 

 mother's jointure to four hundred, and to 

 fettle it upon Mr. Philips during his life. 

 This bounty, to a man who had needlefsly 

 mortified and embittered fo many years of 

 his own infancy and youth, evinced a very 



elevated 



