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Article PRESENTED TO A YOUNG LADY, Page 1 of 1 Article EPITAPH. Page 1 of 1
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Presented To A Young Lady,
PRESENTED TO A YOUNG LADY ,
WHO ASKED THE AUTHOR WHAT HE WOULD SAY OF HER IF HE WESg TO WRITE HER EPITAPH , ! BY DR . BROWN .
iO-ERE is deposited all that was mortal of Miss E R- . To graces of person nearly bordering on perfection ^ she added
a refined and highly cultivated understanding : lt Her price was far above rubies , " for she was possessed of all the merits of that character which the wisest of men has declared most difficult to be founda virtuous woman . * Her external form and internal excellence presented an assemblage of accomplishments
which strongly impressed on the hearts of all who beheld her that great and divine truth , that a beautiful and virtuous woman is second only to angels . But the solemn records of mortality ; while , they pay the tribute due to virtues ,
ought to make an impartial sacrifice of failings at the shrine of Truth . l * his excellent and accomplished woman > as if to convince us thai absolute perfection both of person and mind is not to be obtained in this frail state of mortal probation , bad lost a tooth . Obiit Ai D _ * * * * i
Epitaph.
EPITAPH .
BY A NORTH BRITON . HERE lies a man * who in his time Thought poortitii was an unco crime ; For which he led a wretched life ; And starv'd to death an honest wife : Sae laith was he to waste his geer ;
He starv'd his cow , he starv'd his mare ; But best of a' he starv'd hirhsel , And gaed wi' hungry guts to «—„
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Presented To A Young Lady,
PRESENTED TO A YOUNG LADY ,
WHO ASKED THE AUTHOR WHAT HE WOULD SAY OF HER IF HE WESg TO WRITE HER EPITAPH , ! BY DR . BROWN .
iO-ERE is deposited all that was mortal of Miss E R- . To graces of person nearly bordering on perfection ^ she added
a refined and highly cultivated understanding : lt Her price was far above rubies , " for she was possessed of all the merits of that character which the wisest of men has declared most difficult to be founda virtuous woman . * Her external form and internal excellence presented an assemblage of accomplishments
which strongly impressed on the hearts of all who beheld her that great and divine truth , that a beautiful and virtuous woman is second only to angels . But the solemn records of mortality ; while , they pay the tribute due to virtues ,
ought to make an impartial sacrifice of failings at the shrine of Truth . l * his excellent and accomplished woman > as if to convince us thai absolute perfection both of person and mind is not to be obtained in this frail state of mortal probation , bad lost a tooth . Obiit Ai D _ * * * * i
Epitaph.
EPITAPH .
BY A NORTH BRITON . HERE lies a man * who in his time Thought poortitii was an unco crime ; For which he led a wretched life ; And starv'd to death an honest wife : Sae laith was he to waste his geer ;
He starv'd his cow , he starv'd his mare ; But best of a' he starv'd hirhsel , And gaed wi' hungry guts to «—„