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" as well as every other of the country, have been 

 " mutilated by time, and dill more by the hand 

 " of barbarians ; but the memory of fufTering vir- 

 te tue is not, on the Earth, at the mercy of tyrants. 

 " The tomb of Ariadne is in poflerlion of the 

 " Turks, and her crown is planted among the 

 " ftars. As for us, efcaped from the notice of the 

 " powers of this World, by means of our very 

 " obfeurity, we have, through the goodnefs of 

 " Heaven, found liberty at a diftance from the 

 " Great, and happinefs in a defert. Stranger, if 

 u you are ftill capable of being affected by the 

 " bleffings of Nature, it is in your power to (hare 

 (i them with us." 



At this recital, the gentle tears of humanity 

 trickle down the cheeks of his fpoufe, and of his 

 youthful daughter, as fhe breathes a figh to the 

 memory of Ariadne ; and I greatly doubt, whether 

 an Atheifl: himfelf, who acknowledges nothing 

 elfe in Nature but the Laws of matter and of mo- 

 tion, could be infenfible to thofe prefent corre- 

 fpondencies, and thofe ancient recollections. 



Voluptuous men ! Greece alone, you tell me, 

 prefents fcenes and points of view fo tenderly af- 

 fecting. Ariadne, accordingly, has a place in 

 every garden; Ariadne prefents herfelf to view in 

 every collection of painting. From the turret of 



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