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The Temper.
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lence and timidity; weakneſſes of mind, which often paſs for good nature. She who ſubmits, without conviction, to a parent or huſband, will as unreaſonably tyranniſe over her ſervants; for ſlaviſh fear and tyranny go together. Reſentment, indeed, may and will be felt occaſionally by the beſt of human beings; yet humility will ſoon conquer it, and convert ſcorn and contempt into pity, and drive out that haſty pride which is always guarding Self from inſult; which takes fire on the moſt trivial occaſions, and which will not admit of a ſuperior, or even an equal. With ſuch a temper is often joined that baſhful aukwardneſs which ariſes
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