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tributes. A man tntly eloquent never bor- 

 rows foreign afTiftance ; he knows that every 

 thing which is not deeply and fenfibly felt, 

 bas not been ftrongly expreffed. He dif- 

 dains and rejects thofe brilliant omamentSj 

 and artificial appendages, wbich ferve only 

 to give error, if not weight, at leaft the ap- 

 pearance, and fometimes the fplendour of 

 truth. 



Rabefin was held In great reputation j 

 but his morals did not correfpond with his 

 abilities. Corrupted from infancy, by hia 

 intercourfe with the Europeans, he was 

 accounted one of the mod dangerous and 

 deceitful of villains, Bigorne, who knew 

 better than any One his vices and his influ- 

 ence over the inhabitants of Foulepointe, 

 was obliged, not only to fhew him in pub- 

 lic every kind of deference and refpe£t, but 

 alfo to gain him over with the utmoft fc- 

 crecy by rich prefcnts. It was only by pur- 



fuing 



