leaſt Truth in what Mr. Weſtern affirmed, eſpecially as he laid the Scene of thoſe Impurities at the Univerſity, where Mr. Allworthy had never been. In fact, the good Squire was a little too apt to indulge that Kind of Pleaſantry which is generally called Rodomontade; but which may, with as much Propriety, be expreſſed by a much ſhorted Word; and, perhaps, we too often ſupply the Uſe of this little Monoſyllable by others; ſince very much of what frequently paſſes in the World for Wit and Humour, ſhould, in the ſtricteſt Purity of Language, receive that ſhort Appellation, which, in Conformity to the well-bred Laws of Cuſtom, I here ſuppreſs.
But whatever Deteſtation Mr. Allworthy had to this or to any other Vice, he was not ſo blinded by it, but that he could diſcern any Virtue in the guilty Perſon, as clearly, indeed, as if there had been no Mixture of Vice in the ſame Character. While he was angry, therefore, with the Incontinence of Jones, he was no leſs pleaſed with the Honour and Honeſty of his Self-accuſation. He began now to form in his Mind the ſame Opinion of this young Fellow which we hope our Reader may have conceived. And in ballancing his Faults with his Per-fections,
