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bitants of great tovvas ; the farmer, than the 
mere merchant ; ani the landed gentleman 
resident on his estate, than the poiished 
2 :eatleman or courtier of town. 
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Although we do not pretend to dive into 
the causes of this distincfion, yet we cannot 
avoid offering a few refle6fions, leaving it to 
the philosopher, whose province it is, to pui- 
sne the inquiry farther. 
The inhabitants of great towns, — whether 
from frequent social intercourse with diver-' 
shied society, from conversation, from com- 
mercial habits, from the p culiaraii of cities, 
from all these combined, or from some other 
cause, — are more mercurial, of warmer brains 
and quicker spirits, more airy and volatile, 
and more ready for innovation, than tiie 
labourers of the s;)il or others living in the 
open country, whose spirits being more 
earthy or dull, tl'.ouglit in tiiem moves slower 
and heavier, but thereby ihe impressions of 
it are deeper, and last longer ; one imagina^ 
tion being not so frequently nor so easily 
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