...affectionate, self-denying ; in society, a delightful example of complete gentlemanhood ; quite un- , spoiled by prosperity ; never obsequious to the great (or,...and affable with the young members of his calling ; in his professional bargains and mercantile dealings delicately honest and grateful ; one of the...

...and, of his works, was not his life the best part? In his family, gentle, generous, good-humoured, affectionate, self-denying : in society, a delightful...example of complete gentlemanhood ; quite unspoiled by praaperity ; never obsequious to the great (or, worse still, to the base and mean, as wnne public men...