MEMOIRS OF 



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at once original in their ftyle, harmonious 

 in their numbers, and pointed in their ridi- 

 cule ; whofe Tragedies are the only pathetic 

 Tragedies which have been written in our 

 language upon the fevere Greek model. 

 The Samfon Agoniftes bears marks of a 

 ftronger, but alfo of an heavier hand, and is 

 unqueftionably lefs touching than the fweet 

 Elfrida ; and the fublime Caraclacus. 



Since thefe pages were in the prefs, an 

 Epitaph on General Wolfe firft met their 

 author's eye in a collection of manufcript 

 poetry ; and it bears Dr. Darwin's figna- 

 ture. Perfectly in his manner, fhe cannot 

 doubt it's authenticity ; elfe the names 

 of deceafed people of eminence are fo 

 often affixed to compositions they never 

 framed, that we ought to look jealoufly at 

 all which do not carry to the mind of the 

 reader internal evidence of their imputed 

 origin. But for fuch evidence the enfuing 

 lines had found no place on thefe pages. 



ox 



