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" Nought do they know of those sweet graceful acts, 

 " Those thousand decencies, that daily flow 

 " From female words and actions ; mixt with love, 

 " And sweet compliance." 



In eastern harams the heart has little share in the tender passion. 

 Asiatic love, devoid of sentiment, means only sensuality; its 

 elegant refinements and chaste endearments are unknown. From 

 the confined education and retired habits of female life in India, 

 the women have no idea of intellectual enjoyment; their ordinary 

 pursuits are trifling, their amusements childish. To have children, 

 fine clothes, and abundance of ornaments, seem to be the grand 

 objects of their wishes. 



The Hindoo women are fond of frequenting their temples, 

 and performing the enjoined sacrifices: the Mahomedan females 

 seldom attend public worship; this by no means implies that 

 they do not pray at home: nor does the Koran, as many imagine, 

 inculcate the doctrine that women have no souls; neither does it, 

 as alleged, deem them incapable of enjoying a situation in the 

 voluptuous paradise of the Arabian prophet. On the contrary, 

 there are many passages in the Koran, which give them an equal 

 title to that happiness, as the other sex : these are explicit. 

 " Whosoever doeth good, whether he be male or female, and is 

 M a true believer, shall be admitted into Paradise. On a certain 

 " day, thou shalt see the true believers, of both sexes; their light 

 "shall run before them, and on their right hands; and it shall 

 " be said unto them, good tidings unto you this day; gardens 

 " through which rivers flow, ye shall remain therein for ever." 



The remains of Mahomedan mosques and splendid tombs, 



