can excite the emulation of a very small

The bare name of such men answers every purpose of a long inscription, because their achievements are universally known, and their fame is immortal.— But the virtues of him who has repelled the tempta- tions of poverty, and disdained to free himself from dis- tress at the expense of his honour or his conscience, as they were practised in private, are fit to be told, because they may animate multitudes to the same firmness of

nd steadiness of resolution. On this account, there are few epitaphs of more value than the following, which was written by Pope on Mrs Corbet, who died of a cancer in her breast.

Here rests a woman, good without pretence, Blest with plain reason, and with sober sense; No conquest she, but o'er herself desir'd; No arts essay'd, but not to be admir'd.