MEMOIR OF THOMAS BEWICK. 



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pillars, or small obelisks, over copious springs 

 (like the holy wells of old), to contain such inscrip- 

 tions as those I have hinted at, and thus leave 

 these their marks behind them; and which would 

 long* continue to put the passing stranger in mind 

 of some religious, moral, or patriotic sentiment; 

 and, while he was refreshing himself by quenching 

 his thirst, he might be put in mind that 



" Man wants but little here below, 

 Nor wants that little long." 



