She really was a second mother to me.

I have a real affection for her memory.

I therefore could not possibly write about her unless I wrote in her praise; and all the praise which I could give to her writings, even after straining my conscience in her favour, would be far indeed from satisfying any of her admirers.
I will try my hand on Temple, and on Lord Clive.

Shaftesbury I shall let alone.

Indeed, his political life is so much connected with Temple's that, without endless repetition, it would be impossible for me to furnish a separate article on each.