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, as a father to all his dependents. A friend to the poor; and, in his conduct, an example to poor and rich. He had great influence; and he made it his business to exert it for the glory of God, and the good of society. O what a change did his death occasion! succeeded as he was by one so little like himself!

Lord Lintop had indeed never been a comfortable son to him; but my lord left him no excuse, for he was the kindest and best of fathers. My lady too, had, from the time he was a boy, done all in her power to gain his affections; but he had an inveterate prejudice against her, on account of her being a stepmother—a prejudice which, I verily believe, was first sown in the nursery by his maid, Jenny Thomson, who used always to threaten him with a stepmother as with a monster—and he never got the better of the impression. He was indeed of a cold and reserved temper, and had a very narrow heart. Much inclined to avarice, except