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alcove at the end of the western terrace, where in an evening 

 of September he had sat down with his family to admire the 

 splendour of the sky, the gloom of the distant mountains, 

 the reflection of the evening sun, and the lengthened shadow 

 of the islands upon the still expanse of the lake. A few 

 days afterwards, about the same hour in the evening, his 

 remains were conveyed over these waters, and interred in 

 the family vault of the burying-ground, in the presence 

 and amid the praises and tears of every individual upon 

 his estate ; for all were present, men, women, and chil- 

 dren, even infants upon their mothers' breasts wept aloud 

 from the general sympathy: — all were deeply affected, that all 

 might ever remember their father and friend — he that freed 

 them from villany and oppression — and rendered their lives 

 comfortable and happy*. 



be the excellent effects of removing- a high wall), merely because a celebrated land- 

 scape gardener suggested, by a sketch upon this drawing, that it was possible for a 

 hearse to be seen on a public road which happened to be in the middle distance of 

 the scene. Such weak ideas only excite contempt. Such a proprietor as I am de- 

 scribing above, has answered the end of his mental existence here, by cultivating his 

 intellectual powers, and doing good to mankind . What should he fear in yielding 

 to general laws, which as they are natural and inevitable, so they must be necessary 

 for accomplishing the purposes of our creation — the progress of mind. Even in 

 the soil, what remains of man performs a requisite part in the general agency, 

 and, moved by the grand system of action and reaction, contributes to the beautiful 

 economy and endless appearances of nature. 



* As a proof that the lower classes really do feel in this way, when they are 

 convinced of the good intentions of their benefactors, I might refer to some estates 



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