296 Dr. Per rival's Tribute to the Memory, &c. 
through which he pafied, gave fuch completion 
to his chara&er, that we may apply to him, what 
the Poet has Paid of Mr. Addifon ; 
- - - - He taught us how to live ; and, oh ! too high 
The price of knowledge, taught us how to die, * 
On this affecting event, I cannot exprefs your 
feelings and my own, in terms fo forcible as thofe 
of the animated hiftorian, whom l have before 
quoted. Si quis piorum manibus locus ; fti, ut ftapien- 
tibus placet , non cum corpore exjlinguuntur magna 
anim<e •, placide quiejeas , nofque ab injirmo dcftderioy 
ad contemplationem vt tutum tuarum voces , quas 
neque lugeri , neque plangi fas eft ! Aamiratione te 
potius temporalibus laudibus , et ft natura ftuppeditet, 
militum decoramus! f “ If there be any habita- 
< c tion for the lhades of the virtuous; if, as 
philofophers fuppofe, exalted fouls do not 
perifh with the body; may you repofe in peaie, 
and recall us from vain regret, to the contem¬ 
plation of your virtues, which allow no place 
V for mourning or complaint! Let us adorn 
your memory, rather, by a fixed admiration, 
and, if our natures will permit, by an imitation 
of your excellent qualities, than by temporary 
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* Tickell’s Poem on the Death of Addifon. 
f Tacit. Vit. Agricolae. 
$ See Dr. Aikin’s Tranllation of the Life of Agricola. 
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