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LETTER XLIII. 



Dublin, Sept. 20, 1813. 



CjrREATNESS, whether appearing in the pro- 

 ductions of nature, or works of art, rarely fails 

 to excite in the mind sentiments of admiration 

 proportionate to the magnitude, magnificence, 

 or extensiveness of the object contemplated. 

 Who can behold a continuous mass of lofty 

 mountains hiding their towering heads among 

 the clouds, or the expansive interminable ocean, 

 without feelings of the sublimest reverence and 

 awe ? the former inspiring a just sense of our 

 own inferiority in the scale of creation; the 

 latter furnishing the mind with ideas of eternity. 

 The diversity and combination of interests 

 mutually and successfully operating on each 

 other, in the aggregate of a large city, are in- 

 contestable proofs of the splendid endowments 

 of man; who can, out of such discordant 

 materials, produce so much order and harmony. 



Dublin unites interior splendor, with many 



-facilities for commerce. Sackville street, in 



'~>Khihh we were placed, is a very handsome one : 



