, MEMdlRS OF 



fcemed often on the point of final evapora- 

 tion. She was thin, even to transparency ; 

 her cheeks fuffufed at times with a flufh. 

 beautiful, though heftic. Her eyes remark- 

 ably lucid and full of intelligence. If the 

 languor of difeafe frequently ovcrfhadowed 

 them, they were always relumined by 

 every obfervation to which flie liftened, 

 on lettered excellence, on the powers of 

 fcience, or the ingenuity of art. Her lan- 

 guage, in the high Scotch accent, had 

 every happinefs of perfpicuity, and always 

 expreiled rectitude of heart and fufcep- 

 tibility of tafte. 



Whenever her great and friendly phy- 

 fician perceived his patient's attention 

 engaged by the converfation of the reft of 

 the circle, he fat considering her in medi- 

 tative filence, with looks that expreffed, 

 " You lhall not die thus prematurely, if 

 " my efforts can prevent it." 



One evening, after a long and intenfc 



reverie, 



