the 
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niondj on Ihe contraiy, whether blazing on 
state, or diffusing its starr}’’ radiance from tlie 
merit, or in courts and feasts and high f*,pe 
wrc.ithing itself with the hair, illustrating the_ s® 
colour of the neck, and entering ambitiously 
with the lively lustre of those eyes that “ rain i*’ 
on all beholders, blends haiTnoniously with i 
effect, and proclaims to the most distant ring 
rounding crowd, tlic person of die monarch, of d’ ^ 
or of the beauty. 
Another circumstance tending to enhance 
the diamond is, that although small stones are 
abundant to be within the reach of moderate e*P 
and tiierefore afford, to all those who arc in ens/ v 
stances, an opportunity to acquire a taste for dinm° ^ (j(*' 
those of a larger size are^ and ever have been, tat ^ 
and of those which are celebrated for their size a)' , 
aOJt^^ntir 
the whole number, at least in Europe, scarcely 
half a dozen, all ot tliem being in possession ft . 
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Hence, the acquisition even of a modet‘ 
diamond, is what mere money cannot always jjjii' 
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and many are die favours, both political and of 
for wliich a diamond of a large size, or of 
beauty, may be offered as a compensation, 
raercial price, in money, neither can be tendered, 
be received. In many circumstances also, it 
no small importance for a person to have a consia^^ ^ 
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of his property in the most portable forrp post'd < 
this respect what is there that can be compared to 
which pessess the portability, without the 
exchange ? It may further be remarked, in 
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favo»l„;ii< 
species of property, that it is but litde liable to 
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and has gone on preilv regularly increasing m 
much that die price of stones of good qual 
ably higher than it was some years ago. 
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The aht of cutting and polishing dia 
twofold object : lirst, to divide the natural su' I 
ly means ofhigW>‘'t' 
•sione in a symmetrical manner, by 
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polygonal planes, and tliu.s to bring out, to die bc'S ‘ J 
tlie wonderful reliilgence of this 
condly, by cutting out such flaw.s as may happ*^’’ 
beautiful (p 
