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EULOGY ON GENERAL WASHINGTON. 



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e fliould frequently reca! to view his revered image, 

 peat our votive honors to him, who was never weary 



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contributing 



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fuch 



happincfs 

 prefTio 



my literary Fathers and 



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you 



have appointed this folemn meetmg : 

 fuch impreffions only, could I prevail upon myfelf t 

 tempt the talk, which it has been your pleafure to alTig 



with 

 at- 



to me, 



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from the circle of y 

 ed the lofs of the 



has frequently taken a diftinguhhcd 



dim 



afTociation. 

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You have mourn 



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ed prdfid 



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liberal patron, the friend 



moter of all that was 



and pure 



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fplritcd, 



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munific 

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rever 



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) c K. : the claflical, 

 horn Ihone forth all the 



Beauties of Holinefs, whofe pious lips were 

 Caflalian Dews :" B 

 fecled, wo 



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wet 



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learned, de\ 



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thy of being the biographer of IF^shington : 

 SuMN ER', the cheri/hed Ornament of the Commonwealth : 



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-to thefe, and many more of your beloved and refpeded 

 affociates you have bidden a fad farewel.: they are remov- 

 .ed from your pleafant meetings to the cold and filent man- 



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(ions of the Grave. This day you lament the lofs of one, 



your literary inter- 



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who was not indeed an attendant 



views 



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but who 

 iifluences 



fiill. mod dear : whofe benign and 

 elled to their objed, unimpeded 



by diilance, like the mild and fleady beams of planetary 

 li^ht. 



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Thou fleepeft the fleep of Death, but we are not 

 unmindful of thee / Achilles : in life and in death. 



thou art eg:ually the objed of o.ur regard and veneration. 



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