STITDY XIII, 263 



On advancing into this delicious fpot, we (l:ould 

 behold, under domes and porticos, the a(hes and 

 the bufts of thofe who, by the invention of ufeful 

 arts, have taught us to avail ourfelves of the pro- 

 dudtions of Nature, and who, by their geniu-s, 

 have fpared us the neceflity of long and painful 

 labours. There would be no occafion for epi- 

 taphs. The figures of the implements employed 

 in weaving of ftockings j of thofe ufed in twifting 

 of filk, and in the conftruftion of the windmill, 

 ■would be monumental infcriptions as a-uguft, and 

 as expreflive, on the tombs of their inventors, as 

 the fphere infcribed in the cylinder on that of 

 Archimedes. There might, one day, be traced the 

 aëroftatic globe, on the tomb of Mongolfier ; but 

 it would be proper to know beforehand, whether 

 that ftrange machine, which elevates men into the 

 air, by means of fire, or gas, (hall contribute to 

 the happinefs of Mankind; for the name of the 

 inventor of gunpowder himfelf, were we capable 

 of tracing it, could not be admitted into the re- 

 treats of the benefaâ:ors of Humanity. 



rope, and of America, in honour of the inhuman conquerors of 

 Mexico and Peru. More Hiftorians than one have given us 

 their elogium ; but divine Providence has done them juftice. 

 They all died a violent death, and moft of them by the hand of 

 the executioner. 



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