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free and accepted Mafons.
proper, and moft acceptable conveyance of the fo-
cial virtues, from fome one of which, incivility
will generally be found to have its rife, and of
confequence that difcqrd and want of harmony in
converfation, too frequently to be obferved.
The firft of thefe is a NATURAL ROUGH¬
NESS, which makes a man uncomplailant to o-
thers ; fo that he retains no deference, nor has a-
ny regard to the inclinations, temper, or condi¬
tion of thofe he converfes with. It is the certain
mark of a clown, not to mind what either plea-
fes or offends thofe he is engaged with. And yet
one may fometimes meet with a man in clean and
fafhionable cloaths, giving an abfolute unbounded
fwing to his own humour herein, and fuffcring it
to joftle or overbear every thing that Hands in its
way, with a perfeft indifference how people have
reafon to take it. This is a brutality every one
fees and abhors. It is what no one can approve
or be eafy with, and therefore it finds no place
with thofe who have any tincture of gooddjreed-
ing ; the end and defign of which is, to fupple
our natural ftiffnefs, and to foften mens tempers,
that they may bend and accommodate themfelves to
thofe with whom they have to do.
CONTEMPT is the fecond thing inconfiftent
with good-breeding, and is entirely averfe to it.
And if thte want of refpeft be difcovered, either in
a man’s looks, words, or gefture, come it from
whom it will, it always brings uneafinels and pain
along