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inflames nor irritates, his heart seems to 

 dilate with happiness, he is disposed to 

 every act of kindness and benevolence, to 

 love and cherish all around him. These 

 are the sensations which beauty considered 

 generally, and without any regard to the 

 sex or to the nature of the object in which 

 it resides, does, and ought to excite. A 

 mind in such a state may be compared to 

 the surface of a pure and tranquil lake, 

 into which if the smallest pebble be cast, 

 the waters, like the affections, seem gently 

 to expand themselves on every side : but 

 when the mind is carried on by any eager 

 pursuit, the still voice of the milder affecti- 

 ons is as little heard, and its effect as short 

 lived, as the sound or effect of a pebble, 

 when thrown into a rapid and rocky stream. 



Repose is always used in a good sense ; 

 as a state, if not of positive pleasure, 

 at least as one of freedom from all 

 pain and uneasiness: irritation, almost 

 always in an opposite sense, and yet, con- 

 tradictory as it may appear, we must ac 

 knowledge it to be the source of our most 



