ther improved than injured the Affection which Mr. Allworthy was inclined to entertain for him. The ſame, I believe, muſt have happened to him with every other Perſon who hath any Idea of Friendſhip, Generoſity, and Greatneſs of Spirit; that is to ſay, who hath any Traces of Goodneſs in his Mind.
Square himſelf was not unacquainted with the true Impreſſion which thoſe ſeveral Inſtances of Goodneſs had made on the excellent Heart of Allworthy; for the Philoſopher very well knew what Virtue was, though he was not always, perhaps, ſteady in its Purſuit; but as for Thwackum, from what Reaſon I will not determine, no ſuch Thoughts ever entered into his Head. He ſaw Jones in a bad Light, and he imagined Allworthy ſaw him in the ſame, but that he was reſolved, from Pride and Stubbornneſs of Spirit, not to give up the Boy whom he had once cheriſhed, ſince, by ſo doing, he muſt tacitly acknowledge that his former Opinion of him had been wrong.
Square therefore embraced this Opportunity of injuring Jones in the tendereſt Part, by giving a very bad Turn to all theſe before-mentioned Occurrences. ‘I am sorry,‘Sir,
