ungovernable Force of her Love towards him; and this the Reader will allow to have been a very natural and probably Suppoſition, as we have more than once mentioned the uncommon Comelineſs of this Perſon: And indeed he was one of the handſomeſt young Fellows in the World.
As there are ſome Minds whoſe Affections, like Maſter Blifil’s, are ſolely placed on one ſingle Perſon, whoſe Intereſt and indulgence alone they conſider on every Occaſion; regarding the Good and Ill of all others as merely indifferent, any farther than as they contribute to the Pleaſure or Advantage of that Perſon: So there is a different Temper of Mind which borrows a Degree of Virtue even from Self-love; ſuch can never receive any kind of Satisfaction from another, without loving the Creature to whom that Satisfaction is owing, and without making its Well-being in ſome ſort neceſſary to their own Eaſe.
Of this latter Species was our Heroe. He conſidered this poor Girl as one whoſe Happineſs or Miſery he had cauſed to be dependent on himſelf. Her Beauty was ſtill the Object of Deſire, though greater Beauty, or a freſher Object, might have been moreſo;
