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 from Nature, many of our fair Countrywomen will be found worthy to atisfy any Paion, and to anwer any Idea of Female Perfection, which our Pencil will be able to raie.

And now, without any further Preface, we proceed to our next Chapter.  A hort Hint of what we can do in the Sublime, and a Decription of Mis Sophia Wetern.

Uhed be every ruder Breath. May the Heathen Ruler of the Winds confine in iron Chains the boiterous Limbs of noiy Boreas, and the harp-pointed Noe of bitter-biting Eurus. Do thou, weet Zephyrus, riing from thy fragrant Bed, mount the wetern Sky, and lead on thoe delicious Gales, the Charms of which call forth the lovely Flora from her Chamber, perfumed with pearly Dews, when on the firt of June, her Birth-day, the blooming Maid, in looe Attire, gently trips it over the verdant Mead, where every Flower ries to do her Homage, ’till the whole