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N° 91. ; they therefore contrived new expedients, and hoped at last to prevail by their multitudes which were always increasing, and their perseverance which and  forbad them to relax.

having been long a stranger to the heavenly assemblies, began to degenerate towards terrestrial nature, and forget the precepts of and. Instead of confining her friendship to the, she suffered herself, by little and little, to contract an acquaintance with , the son of , by whose embraces she had two daughters, and. was nursed by, and by , without any assistance from the lessons of the.

began openly to adopt the sentiments and imitate the manners of her husband, by whose opinions she now directed her decisions with very little heed to the precepts of ; and as her daughters continually gained upon her affections, the lost their influence, till none found much reason to boast of their reception, but those whom  or  conducted to her throne.

The throngs who had so long waited, and so often been dismissed for want of recommendation from the, were delighted to see the power of those rigorous Goddesses tending to its extinction. Their patronesses now renewed their encouragements. smiled at the approach of, and was always at hand to introduce her clients to.

had now learned to procure herself reverence by ceremonies and formalities, and,