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( 19 ) rary, was a girl of a tender and placid diſpoſition, equally partaking of the ardour of her father's ſoul, and of the ſedateneſs of rea- on. She is handſome. You have ſeen her; ut ſhe is ſo little vain of her beauty, that he hears it ſpoken of without bluſhing, or mbarraſſment, as ſhe would the beauty of nother. "We may be proud,” ſaid ſhe, of what we have acquired ourſelves; and modeſty is neceſſary to conceal ſuch pride, r to keep it within due bounds. But where is the merit, or the glory in having one's yes or mouth made in ſuch and ſuch a man- er? And why, ſhould we think ourſelves obliged to bluſh at the praiſe of what the aprice of nature has conferred upon us, without any merit of our own? This ſingle rait may give you an idea of the diſpoſition f Juſtina; which though more ſtrongly characterized and determined than that of Ad- ienne, exhibited the ſame candour and the ame charms.

'This eſtimable girl paid as much attention to my words as her father, and at each rait that marked the integrity of Salvary, his ſtrong ſenſibility, his firmneſs under miſfortune, I perceived them look at each other, nd thrill with that ſweet delight which vir- e ever excites in the breaſts of all her vo- aries. But the father became imperceptibly more thoughtful, and the daughter more affected.