eſcapes, a Penetration which nothing can deceive, and an Integrity which nothing can corrupt.
This active Principle may perhaps be ſaid to conſtitute the moſt eſſential Barrier between us, and our Neighbours the Brutes; for if there be ſome in the human Shape, who are not under any ſuch Dominion, I chuſe rather to conſider them as Deſerters from us to our Neighbours; among whom they will have the Fate of Deſerters, and not be placed in the firſt Rank.
Our Heroe, whether he derived it from Thwackum or Square I will not determine, was very ſtrongly under the Guidance of this Principle: for though he did not always act rightly, yet he never did otherwiſe without feeling and ſuffering for it. It was this which taught him, that to repay the Civilities and little Friendſhips of Hoſpitality by robbing the Houſe where you have received them, is to be the baſeſt and meaneſt of Thieves. He did not think the Baſeneſs of this Offence leſſened by the Height of the Injury committed; on the contrary, if to ſteal another’s Plate deſerved Death and Infamy, it ſeemed to him difficult to aſſign a Puniſhment adequate to therob-
