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 there is not a ubject that admits o little of reaoning on as love; nor can rules be laid down that will not appear to lean too much one way or the other. Circumtances mut, in a great meaure, govern the conduct in this particular; yet who can be a judge in their own cae? Perhaps, before they begin to conider the matter, they ee through the medium of paion, and its uggetions are often mitaken for thoe of reaon. We can no other way account for the aburd matches we every day have an opportunity of oberving; for in this repect,