OCR Text |
Show 145 GARRICK DAVI e ha sure of reflecting on a life well spent 1 run his race, and could sit at the goal, ecrowned with laurels H coul look back wit pleasure; and say with Cicero of his forme conduc that a revie ted b « Oy Fersoms of f th afforded the most de Fite lLen scene for contemplation ' YOUR oWy M lightfu vae L‘mmj‘/ (‘fll"‘"i"fi‘ acte jucundissima est recordatio. To his ow consciou pleasure ‘was ‘added the esteem o the best men in the kingdom He received th visits of the nobility, of the ablest scholars; an the me of genius in ever branc ‘of -litera He lived in an elegant stylé,~and to th ture lixurie of the tabl adde his wit an th polished manner of one who had enjoyed th wa modes and unassuming; he gave' himself no superio airs; and the pride, which a large fortune ofte hegan 10 bre inspires, was foreign to his heart, To those 1 relie sin who visited him on account of his talents, h i secret di i behaviou IHi e == company bes |