GEORGE-MONCK BERKELEY ESQRE. L.L.B. F.S.S.A. [...] of Magdalene Hall. Oxford [...] ſtudent of the Inner Temple. London. Who during the last eighteen Years of his life was the only Child of the REV• GEORGE BERKELEY L.L.D. Prebendary of Canterbury. CHANCELLOR of BRECKNOCK &c. the [...] child of the Right Rev•. George Berkeley [...] the illustrious late LORD BISHOP of CLOYNE in IRELAND. [...] nly [...] of the [...] pious and learned Francis [...] Esq•. of Shottesbrook House in the County of Berks. [...] on the 26th of Janu [...] [...] Aged 20. [...] Death was an unspeakable grief to his Parents. [...]
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH of MISS M [...]s. ELDEST DAUGHTER OF D [...] M [...], ESQ. OF THE F [...] H [...], C [...], BERKSHIRE. WHO DIED THE 8th OF JULY, 1785.
BY A GENTLEMAN OF THE INNER TEMPLE.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR H. D. SYMONDS, STATIONER'S COURT, LUDGATE-STREET. MDCCLXXXVI.
TO THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THAT TRULY AMIABLE FAMILY OF WHICH MISS M [...]s WAS ONCE A BRIGHT, A DISTINGUISHED, AND A JUSTLY VALUED ORNAMENT, ARE THE FOLLOWING LINES INSCRIBED, BY THEIR SYMPATHIZING FRIEND, THE AUTHOR
ADVERTISEMENT.
[vii]THESE lines are ſacred to the memory of ONE who, not ſatisfied with the at⯑tainment of every female excellence, and every human virtue, ſoared, on adventurous wing, into the regions of ſcience and philoſophy. She ſucceſsfully rivalled thoſe who have long been accuſtomed to behold with indifference, if not [viii] with contempt, the efforts of feminine genius, when either claſſical learning or philoſophical diſquiſition have been the objects of purſuit.
ALIKE diſtinguiſhed by elegance of manners, by brilliancy of imagination, and ſoundneſs of judgment, it is almoſt needleſs to obſerve that, whilſt living, ſhe commanded the eſteem and admiration of all who were ſo fortunate as to rank in the number of her friends, and who now join in ſincerely regretting that Heaven, has for ever veiled from their eyes, ONE whoſe [ix] beauty, wit, and virtue, adorned a ſex that has ſeldom, if ever produced her ſuperior.
IT is with juſt diffidence that theſe lines are now ſubmitted to the public inſpection. The Author had withheld them from the preſs in expectation that ſome abler bard would tune the lyre to the memory of his lamented friend. Encouraged however by the reception of a former work, he once more ventures himſelf as a candidate for public approbation; convinced that if it be merited, it will not be withheld.
[x] IN the Elegy he has expreſſed his hopes that the poetical powers of Mr. Graves*, the elegant panegyriſt of Miſs M [...]s in her infancy, will once more be exerted in paying a worthy tribute to her memory. Should the peruſal of theſe lines ſuggeſt to that accompliſhed ſcholar, the idea of favouring the world with a freſh ſpecimen of his poetical talents, the Author will have the ſatisfaction of knowing that, however little his own performance may have merited the indulgence of the public, it will have given birth to one, [xi] that will challenge univerſal applauſe, and perpe⯑tuate the virtues of his amiable and accom⯑pliſhed friend—to whom, alas! he now bids a reluctant adieu in the words of Milton:
INNER TEMPLE, London, January 3, 1786.
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH of MISS M [...]s.
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- TextGrid Repository (2020). TEI. 3914 An elegy on the death of Miss M s Eldest daughter of D M Esq of the F H C Berkshire Who died the 8th of July 1785 By a gentleman of the Inner Temple. University of Oxford Text Archive. . https://hdl.handle.net/21.T11991/0000-001A-5AED-5