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 Now if thou hat een all thee, be not afraid of the rude Anwer which Lord Rocheter once gave to a Man, who had een many Things. No. If thou hat een all thee without knowing what Beauty is, though hat no Eyes; if without feeling its Power, though hat no Heart.

Yet it is poible, my Friend, that thou mayet have een all thee without being able to form an exact Idea of Sophia: for he did not exactly reemble any of them. She was mot like the Picture of Lady Ranelagh; and I have heard more till to the famous Dutches of Mazarine; but mot of all, he reembled one whoe Image never can depart from my Breat, and whom, if thou dot remember, thou hat then, my Friend, an adequate Idea of Sophia.

But let this hould not have been thy Fortune, we will endeavour with our utmot Skill to decribe this Paragon, though we are enible that our highet Abilities are very inadequate to the Tak.