238 Reverie, considered d$ 



which we promote reverie. This it. ,dbcs,^ 

 partly from habit and partly upon- a principle 

 already mentioned j namely^ that a gentle 

 uniform stimulus, draws attention frqin, aJl. 

 others^ except such as ar(^,^ud,df;n.!and,viqlent ;^ 

 which will dissolve, any reveriej5.,)ioweye^:iiX-*. 

 teresting, and however artfully promotedj 

 unless in a diseased state of the mind. 



If, therefore, we find that this Jast mentioned 

 practice is favourable tptbe continuance of out. 

 JIgiiwis ia rthe ; regions pf imagi^nation, we must 

 frequently, when.we ,h^ye^^,grca|:ej:^^ command 

 over our thoughts, study to connect and blen4 

 the practice with internal disapprobation of oun 

 Indjolence. . ,, 



If,- however, the habit or reverie have been, 

 too deeply fixed in our minds ^tQ be entirely, 

 eradicated ;^-or if (as is the case, with many) 

 we be unwilUng to part with this pleasing 

 w^eakness, and .consider the moment spent in 

 such desultory musings, as the most delightful 

 of. our lives, we ought still tp^ be anxious to 

 regulate them in; such a manner as to prevent 

 them from being either unprpfitable Qi;,cCri:^ 

 minah - m 



We may hinder them from becoming Unpro- 

 fitable, by cultivating a taste' foir intellectual 

 pleasures^ by h.abitual application tg a variety 

 of branches, of study ^ — and by /requenting the 



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