LOOKING-GLASS. 
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This correfpondence is maintained by various 
imperceptible fprings of aflion, by which thofe in- 
flruments of fenfation (the nerves) are moved in 
perfeff harmony wherever they arc inoft fufceptible 
of impreflions; particularly on tender parts ^ con- 
fifting, like the lips, of a kind of gauze, or a thin veil, 
for blufliing beauty. We need not, therefore, be at 
a lofs to account for the inexpreffible raptures com- 
municated through every vein by an Englifli* bufsf 
from the fairobjetl of our love; for, like lightning, 
it pierces the foul, and makes the heart leap with 
exquifite joys of fenfibility ! 
Let us now trace, with the eyes of anatomifts, the 
wonderful effeft of thofe delicious impreffions made 
by kilTes.— --The delicate texture of the lips is inter- 
woven with a dill finer tifTue than any other in the 
tender part formed by branches of the fifth pair of 
nerves, conneffed with others placed in the deep- 
eft receffes of the brain, and furface of the head,— 
the whole being united with thofe mufcles of the 
* It is neceflary to make a diftinftion between a French and an 
Englifli kifs, in order to clear up the point of argument beyond difpute ; 
for as, in France, a modeft lady would only permit her cheeks to be 
touched by a lover, the fenfation would not be fo lively there as in 
England, where no idea of indelicacy prevents any fair maid from 
proving the juftice of afl'ertions applicable only to falutes of a ditferent 
pature. 
neck 
+ Un Baifer a L’Anglois. 
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