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return in the evening, he generally (even if 

 he had company) went to see them fed 

 before his dinner. He observed, how ne- 

 cessary it was in man to guard against 

 propensities ; and although too much refine- 

 ment was dangerous, he was often obliged 

 to make sacrifices to it. Yet to him there 

 was no real pleasure without it : such sen- 

 timents could only emanate from a superior 

 and refined understanding. — Mr. Meynell 

 was a second son. His father having dis- 

 inherited his elder brother, he came into a 

 fine estate at an early age, and soon had 

 the good sense to discover that he had not 

 made the best use of his education to 

 qualify him for the proper enjoyment of 

 fortune; and he immediately engaged a 



clergyman, a Mr. C , as his tutor and 



companion, and studied diligently under 

 him two or three years. This speaks vo- 

 lumes ! — I remember Mr. Meynell first set- 

 ting out with a pack of hounds to hunt fox, 



