Like many violent and implacable men, he allowed evils to grow under favour of his own heedlessness, till they pressed upon him with exasperating force, and then he turned round with fierce severity and became unrelentingly hard.

和许多暴躁而不肯宽恕的人一样，他任由祸患在自己的疏忽中滋长，直到它们逼得他恼怒不堪，才转而严厉发作，变得冷酷无情。