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Sure tluTe'is a soul inhabits there, the 



eje 

 r-ar bcaniiuq:, and forehead wide expanded, 

 All bespeak, with silent eloquence, more 

 Divine than words; — a spiiit breathing 



there, 

 Kin even to antrels, and immortal forms, 

 Or seraphs, or bright intelligences : 

 Ah ! while 1 gaze upon this semblance fair. 

 And in a thoughtful mood, transfixt behold 

 The bosom'd wife of him, who bled and died 

 The untimely victim of his country's 



wrongs ; 

 My son) recalls those burning words of 



love. 

 Lit by the torch of Hymen— unsullied. 

 Pure, and spotless as herself, — when speak- 



Originul Letters, ■with Autographs. 



[May 1, 



Of her dfear, bleeding Lord, she hopeless 



sighs. 

 Once more with him to talk, to walk, to 



sleep, 

 Wit-h whom again, she ne'er shall speak no 



more : 

 But thou, sweet spirit, art for ever fled. 

 No longer doom'd to traverse these bleak 



shores 

 Alone, and dei^olate, shrinking in each 



blast. 

 That howls its sad and solitary way ; 

 But call'd to brighter, more exalted scenes, 

 Where the light zephyrs, meet no adverse 



gales. 

 Nor the clear skies, the blackening clouds 



of Heav'i!. 

 Oct. bth, 18-20. ' J. S. H. 



ORIGINAL 



LETTERS OF VARIOUS EMINENT PERSONS, 

 WITH THEIR AUTOGRAPHS. 



LETTER I. 

 ynntl UK. ADAM SMITH 



Kirkahbi, -ZGthJan. 1768. 

 Dear Sir, — I Avrolc to you, I think 

 it was some time iu July or August 

 last, inclosing a bill for twelve poinuls 

 cloven sliillingsstcrliug,(lrawn by Grant, 

 INIaloolm aud Co. upon their house at 

 Loudon. Of this, ten jiouuds was for 

 payment of a bill of your om u, and two 

 jK)unds eleven shillings was for payment 

 of a small debt to Dr. JMorton, secretary 

 to the Royal Society. As I have he^rd 

 nothing fiom you since, aud begin to be 

 afraid "that the letter may have been 

 miscarried, (I should not be uneasy 

 about this, was it not for the small sum 

 which Dr. Morton liad been so good as to 

 lay out for me.) I I)eg to hear from 

 you, that the bill may be renewed in 

 case it has been miscarried. I sliall not 

 be in London this Avinter. The Dtike 

 of B. told me he had not j>aid you for 

 his books, when lie was iu Scotland 

 last : let me know if you are yet paid ; 

 and ever am, dear Sir, resi>ectfiilly aud 

 sincerely yours, 



/J / yf "7^/ — ^'^^ thrown our 



she will be sooner in (own than I ex- 

 i;ecfed, in her way to France, aud pos- 

 sibly you will see iier the middle of 

 Jnne. Why I mention this you know 

 by my last. If you have not alieady 

 wrote to me, write to me by the rcliiru. 

 I am. dear Sir, very truly yours, 



t^-^^-z--^^ 



P.S. I am very hard at work, and 

 wjien I am got down to my house at 

 Toulouse, in the South of France, you 

 will soon see about what. 



LETTER III. 

 F)-07n DR. LIXD. 



Windsor, 31,v/ May. 

 My Dear Sir, — I have just received 

 your kind note by your servant, and 

 sincerely hope tltat your being preseiitwl 

 to Her Majesty next Monday will lake 

 plac(' ; but Got! knows what may hap- 

 pen in this world of tmcertainty. This 

 mysterious attempt on the life of H. 

 R.II. the Dukcof Cumljerl and 

 dear good 

 the family 

 tress. The 



LETTER II. 

 From LAWRENCE STERNE. 



Paris, May Ibih, 17G-2. 

 Dear Sir, — Be so good as to put the 

 two enclosed letters into tlie post-office 

 (he day you receive this, because they 

 are upon'business. 1 hope, by this, you 

 received liiinc by Mr. Tollett.and have 

 forwaidcd (he small packet to my w ifc : 



Prince arrivetl here at nine o'clock this 

 morning with the account : and (he 

 Duke oif Cambrklge returned witli the 

 Prince to town, and we arc now all 

 anxiety, at present (7 p. m.) to hear 

 the particulars of this most mysterious 

 affair, and to know the real state of the 

 Duke's wounds. The Queen was at 

 Frogmore witii Princess Elizabelii at 

 noon, aud 1 heav \\ us much agitated ; 



