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" It has varied from the beginning, and has been al- 

 most infinitely different and varied in different persons, 

 and even in the same individual." 



Many of the gesticulations are " imitative of those 

 actions which are common in domestic life, and chiefly 

 peculiar to the female sex." 



" Some of the leading characteristics of the exercise, 

 on its first appearance, as it respected women, were, 

 that they took it with a convulsive agitation of the breast, 

 and with apparent difficulty of breathing, accompanied 

 with lamentable cries and ejaculations ; to all which 

 succeeded what is called the silent exercise.^ 



The subjects of these exercises " have an uncontroul- 

 able desire of attending upon divine worship, particu- 

 larly that of the social kind ;" and a strong " desire that 

 all others should be in the same situation with them- 

 selves." 



Mr. W. considers all the movements of the affected 

 as involuntary, but adds, " it is, however, equally evi- 

 dent, that numbers endeavour to excite and promote 

 the exercise, among whom I may mention the princi- 

 pal of our clergy." 



If we combine the varied forms of the exercise, the 

 imitative actions of many, the lamentable cries and eja- 

 culations of others, the general desire of social commu- 

 nion, and the acknowledged efforts of the clergy, into 

 one view, and consider " sensibility as the avenue to the 



