. Memoirs of an American lady; with sketches of manners and scenes in America as they existed previous to the Revolution . mbled theaborigines of the country. He seemed perfectlyunconscious of the extraordinary personal advan-tages which be possessed; was brave, honorable, andpossessed a very good understanding, but collectedwithin himself; silent, yet eloquent when he choseto interest himself, or was warmed by the occasion;and had such stainless probity, that every one re-spected and trusted him. Yet he was so very indif-ferent to the ordinary pleasures and pursuits of life,and so entirely de
. Memoirs of an American lady; with sketches of manners and scenes in America as they existed previous to the Revolution . mbled theaborigines of the country. He seemed perfectlyunconscious of the extraordinary personal advan-tages which be possessed; was brave, honorable, andpossessed a very good understanding, but collectedwithin himself; silent, yet eloquent when he choseto interest himself, or was warmed by the occasion;and had such stainless probity, that every one re-spected and trusted him. Yet he was so very indif-ferent to the ordinary pleasures and pursuits of life,and so entirely devoted to the sports of the field,that when his aunt afterwards procured him a com-mission in a marching regiment, hoping thus totame and brighten him, he was known in Irelandby the name of the handsome savage. This titledid not belong to him in the sense we most oftenuse it in; for his manners were not rude and harshin the least, though an air of cold austerity, whichshaded his fine countenance, with his delight insolitary amusements, led the gay and social inhabit-ants of the country in which he resided, to consider.
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