238 WOODSTOCK. 



was his custom to indulge after quitting 

 the busy scenes of the metropolis saw 

 the monument or rather effigy erected in 

 the church to his memory, and read his 

 epitaph, written by the English Roscius, 

 which I thought did not sufficiently ex- 

 press the enthusiastic admiration which 

 has always been felt for the writings that 

 bear his name. 



At Woodstock we rested for the night, 

 which gave us an opportunity of viewing 

 that splendid national reward to the re- 

 nowned commander who led our armies to 

 victory on the Continent, foiled the am- 

 bition of the Grand Monarque, and made 

 his name famous in our annals. At this 

 time it was inhabited by his descendant 

 a necessitous recluse. At Oxford we stopt 

 but long enough, to admire the archi- 

 tectural beauties of its High Street, and 

 for me to wish to change the scene of 

 my daily labours to this time-honoured 



