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ao iULOGY ON GENERAL WASHINGTON. 



and honorable old age, of the rewards of his virtuous 

 labors, in the bofom of a grateful people. To that de- 

 gree did he enjoy the afFeiflion of the Sicilians, fays his 

 biographer, that no war feemed concluded, no laws 

 enadcd, no political regulation made in a proper man- 

 ner, unlefs revifed and touched by him. He was the 

 mafter-builder who put the laft hand to the work, and 

 bellowed upon it a happy elegance and perfedion ; 



•though at that time Greece boafted a number of great 



-men, whofe achievements were highly diftinguifhed. 



TiMOTHEUS,AgESILAUS,PeLOPID AS andEP AMINO N DAS, 



(the laft of whom Timoleqn principally vied with in 

 the race of glory) yet in this they differ from Timoleqn, 

 -that we ,difcover .in their aQions a certain labor and 

 effort which diminifhes their liiftre, and fome of them 

 ^fforclcd room for c.enfuje, and were followed bj repent- 

 ance or remorfe. 



.His trophies coft his fellow citizens no tears, nor 

 put any of them in mourning ; and yet, in lefs than 



ght years he delivered Sicily from its intef^ine miferles 

 and diftempers, and reftored it to the native inhabitants. 

 His military labors finlfhed, he returned to Syracuse, 

 and laid down his command j .excufmg himfelf to the 

 people fiom any further fervice, as he had brought their 

 affairs to a happy conclufion. His old age was cherifhed, 

 as;th^t of a common father. He died of a flight illnefs,' 

 co-operating with length of years. His funeral was 

 attended by many thoufands of men and women, crowned 

 with garlands, and clothed in white. The lamentations 

 mmglcd with the piaifcs of the deceafed, evinced thai 



