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her death, go to relations whom flie hated. In 

 order to prevent this, rtie endeavoured to aHenate 

 the greatefl part of her fortune ; but they, availing 

 themfelves of the frequent paroxyfms of fpleen to 

 which (lie was fubjeâ;, had her fhut up as a hina- 

 tic, and her eflates put in truft for her heirs. Thus, 

 her very riches put the finifhing ftroke to her de- 

 ftruction ; and as they had hardened the heart of 

 her who pofleffed them, fo they, in Hke manner, 

 extinguiflied natural afFedlion in the breads of 

 thofe who coveted them. She, accordingly, died; 

 and, what filled up the meafure of her woe, with 

 fo much ufe of her reafon left, as to know that (he 

 had been plundered and defpifed, by thofe very 

 perfons whofc opinion had direded her all her life 

 long. 



By the fide of Virginia, and at the foot of the 

 fame bamboos, her friend Paul was laid ; around 

 them, their tender mothers and their faithful fer- 

 vants. No marble raifes itfelf over their humble 

 graves ; no engraved infcriptions, recording their 

 virtues: but their memory wi!l never be effaced 

 from the hearts of thofe who lay under obligations 

 to them. Their Ihades have no need of that luftre, 

 which they fliunned all their life-time; but if 

 they ftill intereft themfelves in what is paffing on 

 the Earth, they, doubtlefs, delight in wandering 

 under the ftraw-covercd roofs, where indufliious 



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