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" biy continued the general, the ready, and 
the obliging friend of mankind ; he was 
refpe6lful to the elder and fuperior, en- 
couraging to the younger, and pleafant 
and eafy to all with whom he had any 
intercourfe. The fame affability and good 
*^ humour which adorned his charadler in 
" public life, were preferved alfo in the bo- 
" fom of his family, and endeared him to 
*^ thofe who were more immediately around 
him. He was fcarcely ever out of tem- 
per, was always benignant and kind to 
his friends and relations — and, it would 
be injurious to his memory not to men- 
" tion an anecdote which equally difplays 
his humanity, and the warmth with 
which he interefted himfelf in the cafes 
of his patients — Not many years before 
*^ his death, he was waked fuddenly one 
morning very early by his fervant, who 
came to inform him that his houfe had 
" been broken open, and that his plate 
(which was of confiderable value) was 
« ftolen— Is that all ?" faid he, coolly— 
I was afraid you had brought me fome 
alarming meflage from Mr. , con- 
Z 2 " cerning 
