STUDY XII. 4f 



of the Philofopher in the mod honourable place 

 of his bed apartment, wete they contained in only 

 a vafe of clay. 



it is from this iiltellcflual ihflinff:, therefore, in 

 favour of virtue, that the tombs of great men in- 

 fpire us with a veneration fo affeifting. Frorh the 

 fame fentiment loo it is, that thofe which contain 

 objefls that have been lovely excite fo much fileaf- 

 ing regret ; for, as we lliall make appear prefently, 

 the attradions of love arife entirely out of the ap- 

 pearances of virtue. Hence it is that we are moved 

 at the fight of the little hillock which covers thé 

 alliés of an amiable infant, from the recolletflioh 

 of it's innocence; hence, again, it is, that we are 

 melted into tendernefs on contemplating the tomb 

 in which is laid to repofe a young female, the de- 

 light and the hope of her family, by reafon of her 

 virtues. In order to render fuch monuments in- 

 terefting and refpe(5table, there is no need of 

 bronzes, marbles, and gildings. The more fimple 

 that they are, the more energy they comniunicate 

 to the fentiment of melancholy. They produce a 

 more powerful effeél:, when poor rather than rich, 

 antique rather than modern^ with details of mis- 

 fortune rather than with title's ëf hortofar^ with thé 

 attributes of virtue rather than with thofe of 

 power. It is in the country, principally, that their 

 iimprefTion makes itfelf felt in a very lively manner. 



A fimple, 



