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insolence or contempt, --no-- it was a manner that had in it something of timidity, yet could scarcely be said to amount to self regard; a manner indeed, that by the way it confessed its frailty made reproach impossible; Her failings had chastiond in her the pride of birth, & the assurance that superior sense might perhaps have given, --& had generated, that moderation & gentle firmness which wherever they are found are the brightest underline ornament /underline of human nature.