2CO MEMOIRS OF 



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touching an ignited fubftance ; the feat- 

 tering over the floor the broken darts and 

 arrows of the lightning ; the alarmed dei- 

 ties retreating, and the indulgent nod and 

 increasing fmile of Jupiter, are all progref- 

 five circumftances which genius may paint 

 on the imagination, but not on the canvafs. 

 The Goddefs next adverts to the influ- 

 ence of her nymphs on animat circulation, 

 from the theory of the phofphoric acid 

 colouring and warming the blood, and 

 hence becoming an indifpenfable ingredient 

 in vital formation 



From the crovvn'd forehead to the proftrate weed c 



This theory is illuftrated by the noble 

 fable of Eros, or Divine Love, ifluing from 

 the great egg of night,, floating in chaos ; 

 but furely the image of this celeftial love 

 is too gay for the fublimity of its birth ; 

 " gaudy wings, foft fmiles, golden curls, 



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