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sk C fames°Hun- f° r t0 an unwearied application, he united great knowledge of 

 ter Biair. ^h e -wor}^ fagacity in bufinefs, and a found underltanding. 



His virtues and labours were not unrewarded. His life was 

 fhort indeed, but it was profperous and happy ; he enjoyed a 

 very great ihare of the public efteem ; in fpite of the interefts 

 and prejudices which he combated, he had no perfonal enemies ; 

 of the numbers whom he obliged, few were ungrateful ; he was 

 beloved by his friends ; and no man perhaps was ever blefled 

 with a greater portion of domeftic felicity. 



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