All  his  capacity  feemed  to  reach  no  farther  than  to  prefervc  that
folemn  face  of  dignity,  that  haughty  referved  importance  with
which  men  of  flender  abilities  tranfaft  the  moft  trifling  affairs ;
a  folemnity  of  which  heavy  intelledls  are  extremely  jealous
and  careful,  which  the  ignorant  revere,  and  which  the  intelli^
gent  defpife.
