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" ftration. The period of thirteen years which I fpent as a 

 *' member of that fociety, I remember as by far the mofl ufe- 

 " fdl, and therefore, as by far the happieft and mofl honourable 

 " period of my life ; and now, after three and twenty years 

 " abfence, to be remembered in fo very agreeable a manner by 

 " my old friends and protectors, gives me a heart-felt joy 

 " which I cannot eafily exprefs to you." 



The fhort narrative which I have now finifhed, however 

 barren of incident, may convey a general idea of the genius 

 and character of this illuftrious Man. Of the intellectual gifts 

 and attainments by which he was fo eminently diftinguifhed ; — 

 of the originality and comprehennvenefs of his views 5 the extent, 

 the variety and the correctnefs of his information ; the inex- 

 hauftible fertility of his invention ; and the ornaments which 

 his rich and beautiful imagination had borrowed from claflical 

 culture j — he has left behind him lading monuments. To his 

 private worth the moft certain of all teftimonies may be found 

 in that confidence, refpect and attachment, which followed him 

 through all the various relations of life. The ferenity and 

 gaiety he enjoyed, under the prefTure of his growing infirmities, 

 and the warm intereft he felt to the laft, in every thing con- 

 nected with the welfare of his friends, will be long remember- 

 ed by a fmall circle, with whom, as long as his ftrength per- 

 mitted, he regularly fpent an evening in the week; and to whom 

 the recollection of his worth ftill forms a pleafing, though me- 

 lancholy bond of union. 



The more delicate and characteriftical features of his mind, 

 it is perhaps imporfible to trace. That there were many pecu- 

 liarities, both in his manners, and in his intellectual habits, was 

 manifeft to the mofl: fuperficial obferver ; but, although to thofe 

 who knew him, thefe peculiarities detracted nothing from the 



refpect 



Account of 

 Dt Smith. 



