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ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND

“ that fociety, I remember as by far the moft ufe-“ ful, and therefore as by far the happieft and“ moft honorable period of my life; ano now ," after three-and-twenty years abfence, tobere-“ memberedin f® very agreeable a mannerby my“ old friends and protedlors, giyes me a heart-felt“ joy which I cannot eafily exprefs to yon. "

The fliort narrative which I have now ftniflied,however barren of incident, may convey a generalidea of the genius and charader of this illuftrionsMan. Of the intellectual gifts and attainments by

which he was fo eminently diftinguiflied ; of the

originality and comprehenftvenefs of his views ; theextent, the variety, and the correûnefs of his in-formation; the inexhauftible fertility of his inven-tion; and the ornaments which his rich and beau-tiful imagination had borrowed from classical cul-ture ;.— he has left behind him lading monuments.To his private worth the moft certain of all testi-monies may be found in that confidence, refpeCî,and attachment, which followed him through allthe various relations of life. Theferenityand gaietyhe enjoyed , under the preffure of his growing in-firmities, and the warm interefthe felt to thelaft,in every thing connected with the welfare of hisfriends, will be long remembered by a fmall circle,with whom, as long as his strength permitted, heregularly spent an evening in the week; and towhom the recollection of his worth ftill forms apleafmg; though melancholy bond of union.

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