Humphry Clinker (1771) [ Places ]
… dear Lewis, if I did not find myself disposed to think and speak favourably of this people, among whom I have met with more kindness, hospitality, and rational entertainment, in a few weeks, than ever I received in any other country during the whole course of my life.—Perhaps, the gratitude excited by these benefits may interfere with the impartiality of my remarks; for a man is as apt to be prepossessed by particular favours as to be prejudiced by … disgust. If I am partial, there is, at least, some merit in my conversion from illiberal prejudices which had grown up with my constitution. The first impressions which an Englishman receives in this country, will not contribute to the …
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