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" How differently did you feel, when we 

 were on the western coast a few days ago ! 

 how steadily did you look towards the set- 

 ting sun, though I never yet saw a more 

 dazzling light; for, as a slight breeze had 

 curled the waves, they sparkled, as if the 

 whole surface of the sea had been studded 

 with diamonds : then, into the bargain, you 

 know there were a number of vessels, whose 

 white sails caught the light, which again 

 glanced upon the rocks, and made the win- 

 dow of the old castle appear on fire. You 

 then never once complained of irritation ; 

 and yet that ruffled sea was a thousand 

 times more dazzling than this still water : 

 which proves, by~the-bye, how infinitely 

 more irritating the effect of light becomes, 

 when the surface which reflects it is broken*. 



" With regard to that bank and build- 

 ing which have given rise to this discussion, 

 they would make you still more indignant, 

 if you had remembered the whole in its 

 former state as I do. I particularly regret 

 the part where the building now stands, so 

 naked and staring ; for, besides the bushes 



