Letter to a noble lord: or, a faithful representation of the Douglas cause; AND Second letter to a noble Lord, or, The speeches of the Lord Chancellor, and of Lord Mansfield on the Douglas cause

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of Ifabcl Walker ; but foon hearing of
the death of Sholto, fhe became difcon-
folate ; and in Auguft 1753, going back
to Edinburp-h, (lie fickened and ■ died ;
partook of the facrament in the New
Grey-Friars church on the [ ith of No-
vember ; and on the 2 ill of that month,
fhe expired ; teftifying to the very laft
the moil affectionate tendernefs to her
fon, who being brought to her about
eight in the morning, me laid her hand
upon his head, and laid, " God blefs
" you, my child ; God make you a good
" and an honeft man, for riches I defpife ;
<c take a fword in your hand, -and you
" may one day be as great a hero as fome
" of your predecerTors :" and lingering
till about twelve, the expired, without fo
much as a groan, being entirely emaci-
ated and decayed. She bore her affliction
with great patience and refignation, and
retained her noble fpisit till near the very
laft : for in the lan^uaore of Mr. Gufthart,
one of the minifters of Edinburgh, a man
who would not write a lye, or iubferibe a
faldiood for all the riches in the world,
" She excelled the moil of her fex ; fhe
"' is gone, (faid that devout man) and
" mines no more in this world • but good
* c reafon have we to hope fne has made
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