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 Sentiments of Preference. By eeing each other often they contract a habit, which makes it painful not to ee each other always. Tender and agreeable Sentiments teal into the Soul, and are by the mallet Oppoition wound up into the mot impetuous Fury: Jealouy kindles with Love; Dicord triumphs; and the gentlet of Paions requires Sacrifices of human Blood to appeae it.

In Proportion as Ideas and Sentiments ucceed each other, and the Head and the Heart exercie themelves, Men continue to hake off their original Wildnes, and their Connections become more intimate and extenive. They now begin to aemble round a great Tree: Singing and Dancing, the genuine Offpring of Love and Leiure, become the Amuement or rather the Occupation of the Men and Women, free from Care, thus gathered together. Every one