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which had long prayed upon his mind, heigh.
tened and inaamed, overcame at once the re-
straint which had long imposed on them, and
burst out In the most vehement expressions.
AS we were walking home he talked in
vague terms of his wrechedness, till unable
to proceed. he sank down on the steps OF a
door /; and there, In transport OF passion, and
in words, and with an accent that penetrated
to the soul, expressed the cause and extent oil
his misery; and in spirit of prophecy which
was but too truly fulfilled, exclaimed, that he
should never, never again know what it was
to he happy.
Immediately afser the intended marriage of
my sister was made public, he entered into
the Oxfordshire militia, which was then en-
camped, in the hope that the hustle and nov
city of military life might eface those recol-
lections which were Incompatible with his
peace of mind. But all was vain. A deep
melancholy settled and preyed upon his mind.
CaIamities the most dreadful, which in the
course of a few years afterwards happened in
his own family, increased this load of afflic
ton. His mother became disordered in her
mind, one of his sisters was afflicted with all
the symptoms of consumption; and his broth
er became the subject cfa public prosecution,
This last misfortune struck a blow to his peace
of mind, from which he never recovered. |
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had reached him, suffering fortunes of the
mind which have never witnessed before or
SINCE He soon afterwards set out upon
Journey into France, in the hope that change
of place, and objects, might relieve the an
crush which he suffered but ii was to no
purpose. Nothing could dissipate, for a
single moment, the gloom which hung upon
him.-He had no sooner arrived in any town
than he was impatient TO loaveit; and he hur-
ried from place to place, more detected every
day, or mere declining in health. till upon his
arrival at Calais, on his return, he was too ill
to proceed any further. His companion in
his travels Immediately wrote to me of his
situation, and with all possible expedition
set OF. TO join him. l trembled lest he should
not have made will, for knew the distress
sed state of his sisters, and that if ne were to
die intestate, all his estate would descend to
the very brother who had shortened his days.
| arrived but too late for every thing but to
witness his lastagonies. He turned upon me
his dying eyes, attempted to speak, but was
unable, and shortly after expired. The re-
collection Of the situation in which he left his
family aggravated his suferings. He had
twice attempted to make his will, but found
it impossible.
In the delirium of the fever which consum-
ed him, he often exclaimed, when disturbed
by the noise of a hammering III the court
yard of the inn where he lay, that he heard
they were preparing the rack for him. I'm
happy man! the torrents Of his sensible and
affectionate mind were more poignant even
than those of the rack which he had dreaded:
and yet he, whose destiny it was thus exqui-
sitely to suffer, had employed his whole life
in serving his friends, in acts of kindness, hui
mainly, and generosity, and had never done
an injury to any one or entertained a sentiment
but Of virtue and benevolence. His body was
conveyed to Canterbury, and now lies bur-
ried in the churchyard Of the cathedral