INTRODUCTORY PREFACE. 



right ; the pronoun of the second person by incHning the 

 flower to the left. Such are the primary elements of our 

 mysterious language. Friendship and affection should join 

 in improving it. These sentiments, the most agreeable and 

 most cherished in Nature, can alone bring to perfection that 

 which they only have invented. 



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