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phyfiognomical cabinet, in the poffeffion 
of their refpeétive families, are objects 
worthy the attention of the intelligent 
travel er, who will feel an additional in- 
tere(t in vifiting the tombs of thefe efti- 
mable charatters. Gefner’s monument 
ftands in the Schutzen-plaiz, but he was 
interred, by his own defire, at Klonthal, 
a fhors, contemplative, and retired walk 
from Zurich, aong double rows of lime. 
trees, that border the juntiion of the Sill 
and the Limmat. A ruinous mafs of gra- 
nite in one of the thickets of the grove, 
with the imple infcription of «* Solomon 
Geflner,” announées to you the {pot 
which holds the remains of this charming 
t and painter. 
"The tomb of Lavater, though not fo 
rural, was no lefs interefting tome, from 
the reflection on that extracrdinary man, 
who was equally admired, cenfured, and 
mifunderfiood. 
Uncommon endowments and powers ; a 
burning zeal combined with an indefati- 
gable activity in the caufe of truth and 
virtue; an ingenuous fearlefs fruggle 
againit tyranny and intolerance ; purity 
of intention, good-na‘ure, and a forgiving 
fpirit ; rectitude of principle and an un- 
fullied conduét ; thefe aré the prominent 
Accountof Mrs, Elizabeth Carter. 
92) 
features in his unvarnifhed charaéter. 
The v-ry fhot he received from the French 
fold:er was occafioned by his obeying the 
ca!l of humanity, on hearing the cry of 
diftrefs. If ever there was aman, fays 
Charls Lewis von Haller, in his funeral 
oration on this eminent man, to whom the 
Latin word virtus is applicable in its full. 
et (enfe, it was Lavater. His wholecivil 
and ecclefiaftical iife was occupied in rouf- 
ing and encouraging noble fentiments, in 
diverting men from injuftice and violence, 
in drying up tears, alleviating mifery, 
confoling the unhappy, and diffufing 
peace. Although he endured the greatelt 
agonies for near a twelvemonth, he retain« 
ed his faculties fuficiently to preach a 
farewel-fermon to his parifhioners but a 
week before his death, His memory was 
honoured in Zurich by the tears of the 
public, by a funeral unequalled for the 
number and intereft cf the followers; by 
public orations in the pulpits, by a monu- 
-meat, and numberlefs other fmaller tefi- 
monies of regard from both friends and 
enemies. Iwas fhewn the place where he 
received the fatal fhot, and the pulpit 
from which he fv often fpeke to the hearts 
of his hearers. R. 
(To be continued.) 
Fe a a ERENT FE 
MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 
<7 we iS 
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE MRS. 
ELIZABETH CARTER, TRANSLATOR 
OF EPICTETUS, &c. &c. 
ODERWN times have been peculiarly 
4 favourable to the development of 
female genius ; for, notwithftanding the 
boafted politene(s of the ancients, the wo- 
men do not appear to have enjoyed among 
them a very enviable ftation in fociety. 
True, indeed, we hear of illufirious ma- 
trons, in the days of the Romans, who 
were acknowledged by their contempora- 
ries to have pofcfled many accomplifh-' 
ments; andthe greatelt orator of his age 
and nation candidly allows, that, by fre- 
quenting the’ houfe of one diftinguifhed 
family, he contrived to polifh both his 
language and his manners. We have 
alfo been told, that, in another republic, 
the beauties of the Greek language were 
fo. generally and critically underftood, 
that the women at Athens were accultom- 
24 to difpute on this fubjeét, in the herb- 
market, with all tne accuracy and violence 
of grammarians. 
MontsaLy Maa., No. 144, 
-contradiétion, 
But, on the other hand, it mu be can- 
didly allowed that knowledge was never 
fo generally diffufed as at prefent ; and it 
may be even maintained, without fe 
that, without exce 
them, perhaps, in lome fill more valuak 
qualifications, the ladies during the reign 
of George III. eclipfe thofe of the bet 
days of the Greek and Roman common- 
wealths in point of mental accomplith- 
ments. 
Daring the dreary periods of feudal ty- 
ranny and ecclefiaitical fuperfition, the 
human mind, f{ubmitting to the trammels 
of opinion, became torpid. To excel in 
feats of chivalry was the only boalt of the 
fteel-ciad baron ; to bind gallant knights 
in the flken chains of aromantic affection 
was the fole glory of the noble camel, fe- 
cluded under the battlements of a meated 
cattle, which couid not be approached 
without crofling horrid drawbiidges aid 
péffing under tremendous portcullifes. 
At length letters dawned on the fhores 
of the Mediterranean, and the South be- 
3 % came 
