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commanding, the same as Nelson stood in, in 

 the day of battle, on the Victory's quarter-deck. 

 Your pie will seem crafty, and just ready to 

 take flight, as though fearful of being surprised 

 in some mischievous plunder. Your sparrow will 

 retain its wonted pertness, by means of placing 

 his tail a little elevated, and giving a moderate 

 arch to the neck. Your vulture will show his 

 sluggish habits, by having his body nearly parallel 

 to the earth ; his wings somewhat drooping, and 

 their extremities under the tail, instead of above 

 it, expressive of ignoble indolence. 



Your dove will be in artless, fearless inno- 

 cence ; looking mildly at you, with its neck, not 

 too much, stretched, as if uneasy in its situ- 

 ation; or drawn too close into the shoulders, 

 like one wishing to avoid a discovery ; but in 

 moderate, perpendicular length, supporting the 

 head horizontally, which will set off the breast 

 to the best advantage. And the breast ought 

 to be conspicuous, and have this attention paid 

 to it ; for when a young lady is sweet and gentle 

 in her manners ; kind and affable to those around 

 her ; when her eyes stand in tears of pity for 

 the woes of others, and she puts a small portion 

 of what Providence has blessed her with into the 

 hand of imploring poverty and hunger, then we 

 say, she has the breast of a turtle dove. 



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