Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . hich carried himoff on the 25th of April following. Sad as Cowpers story is, it is not. altogether mournful, says his admirablebiographer, Southey; he had never to complain of injustice, nor of injuries,nor even of neglect. Man had no part in bringing on his calamity, and to thatvery calamity which made him leave the herd like a stric
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . hich carried himoff on the 25th of April following. Sad as Cowpers story is, it is not. altogether mournful, says his admirablebiographer, Southey; he had never to complain of injustice, nor of injuries,nor even of neglect. Man had no part in bringing on his calamity, and to thatvery calamity which made him leave the herd like a stricken deer it wasowing that the genius which had consecrated his name, which has made him themost popular poet of his age. and secures that popularity from fading away,wajs developed in retirement; it would have been blighted had he continued inthe course for which he was trained up. He would not have found the way tofame unless he had missed the way to fortune. He might have been happierin his generation, but he could never have been so useful; with that generationhis memory would have passed away, and he would have slept with his fathers,instead ofliving with those who are the glory of their country and the beue*factors of their kind. 21 GEORGE WASHINGTON. GEORGE WASHINGTON. GEORGE WASHINGTON, the founder of American independence, was bornthe 22d (llth 0. S.) of February, 1732, in the county of Westmoreland, andcommonwealth of Virginia. We trace back his genealogy to ancient times, inPurtneid and Warton, in Lancashire, England ; thence to Sir William Washing-ton, of Leicestershire, eldest son of Lawrence Washington, of Sulgrave, North-amptonshire. Two of the youngest sons of Sir William, named John and Law-rence, immigrated to America, in 1657, and settled at Bridges Creek, on thePotomac river, in the county of Northumberland. John died in 1697, leaving*wo sons, John and Augustine. The latter was married twice, and died in 1743,at the age of forty-nine, leaving several sons-, o
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