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EULOGY ON GENERAL WASHINGTON. 



A 



mired 



blances of pe 



d 



1 



of 



ages 



th 



fpeak 



of th 



fual 



r 



C^ 



fen 



obfe 



wheels of F 



will after a 



■^ iiiierval run in the fame track. I addrefs myfelf 



men, 



horn the tranfadlons of paft ages are fa 



/ 



who have b 



ftomed 



exam 



d to eflim 



the fplendid charatflers that have attraded the attention 

 of the world. Permit me to inquire if you have found 



the man, who in merit and in fame, in all the genuine 



gred 



of 



true g 



lory 



d folid happinefs, can be 



compared with our lamented Cht 



That 



of Macedon 



rafhnefs 



'as Madi 



d 



efs 



hich tarnifli the fame 



and the Swedi 



^PP 



f the heroes of ancient and modern ftory 



thy propenfity 



fome unhappy 



m many 

 Some 



perceived 

 EY could 



amidft: all the effulgence of their glory. Pomf 



ivin the affedions of the fenate and the people of Rome 



by difbanding his vidor 



armies 



d 



humbJ 



fTuming the 



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Ir and deportment of a private citizen : 



but 



he could alfo defcend to corrupt the people with money ; 

 to employ the vileft citizens to embarrafs the magiftrates 

 in the execution of their fundions, that his interpofition 



mig 



be 



dered neceffary by commotion 



the juftice of the remark, that he could not refol 



fying 



ufurp pow 



to 



b 



Id have been glad to have had 



tendered to him as a gift 



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Th 



brated 



g 



of the philofoph 



emperor 



Marctjs Antoninus is clouded by the indifcreet adopt 

 of CoMMODUS, and his too great indulgence of the 



* Momcfci; Grand, & Decad. &c. 



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