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 Creation, and may probably have a large Share in contituting in us the Idea of Beauty, as well natural as artificial: For what demontrates the Beauty and Excellence of any thing, but its Revere? Thus the Beauty of Day, and that of Summer, is et off by the Horrors of Night and Winter. And I believe, if it was poible for a Man to have een only the two former, he would have a very imperfect Idea of their Beauty.

But to avoid too erious an Air: Can it be doubted, but that the finet Woman in the World would loe all Benefit of her Charms, in the Eye of a Man who had never een one of another Cat? The Ladies themelves eem o enible of this, that they are all indutrious to procure Foils; nay, they will become Foils to themelves; for I have oberved, (at Bath particularly,) that they endeavour to appear as ugly as poible in the Morning, in order to et off that Beauty which they intend to hew you in the Evening.

Mot Artits have this Secret in Practice, tho’ ome, perhaps, have not much tudied the Theory. The Jeweller knows that the finet Brilliant requires a Foil; and