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SpeotatoTy No. 241, and in tlie Guardian, No. 119. In the 
former of these he adds : “ In the meanwhile, if ever this 
invention should be revived or put in practice, I would pro- 
pose that upon the lover’s dial plate there should be written 
not only the four-and-twenty letters, but several entire 
words which have always a place in passionate epistles : as 
flames ; darts ; die ; language ; absence ; Cupid ; heart ; 
eyes ; hang ; drown; and the like. This would very much 
abridge the Lover’s pains in this way of writing a letter, as 
it would enable him to express the most useful and signifl- 
cant words with a single touch of the needle.” 
Akenside, in speaking of the laws of association and sym- 
pathy, says : — 
For when the different images of things, 
By chance combined, have struck the attentive soul 
With deeper impulse, or connected long, 
Have drawn her frequent eye ; howe’er distinct 
Th’ external scenes, yet oft the ideas gain 
From that conjunction an eternal tie 
And sympathy unbroken. Let the mind 
Recall one partner of the various league. 
Immediate, lo ! the firm confederates rise, 
And each his former station straight resumes : 
One movement governs the consenting throng, 
And all at once with rosy pleasure shine. 
Or all are saddened with the glooms of care. 
’Twas thus, if ancient fame the truth unfold. 
Two faithful needles, from the informing touch 
Of the same parent-stone, together drew 
Its mystic virtue, and at first conspir’d, 
With fatal impulse quivering to the pole ; 
Then, though disjoin’d by kingdoms, though the main 
Roll’d its broad surge betwixt, and different stars 
Beheld their wakeful motions, yet preserv’d 
The former friendship, and remembered still 
The alliance of their birth ; whate’er the line 
