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166 tangible beauty; yet implicity is, in general, admired, when people do not conider what they admire; and can there be implicity without incerity? But, to have done with remarks that are in ome meaure deultory, though naturally excited by the ubject—

In declamatory periods Dr. Fordyce pins out Roueau's eloquence; and in mot entimental rant, details his opinions repecting the female character, and the behaviour which woman ought to aume to render her lovely.

He hall peak for himelf, for thus he makes Nature addres man. 'Behold thee miling innocents, whom I have graced with my fairet gifts, and committed to your protection; behold them with love and repect; treat them with tendernes and honour. They are timid and want to be defended. They are frail; O do not take advantage of their weaknes! Let their fears and bluhes endear them. Let their confidence in you never be abued.—But is it poible, than any of you can be uch barbarians, o upremely wicked, as to abue it? Can you find in your hearts to depoil the gentle, truting creatures of their treaure, or do any thing to trip them of their native robe of virtue? Curt be the impious hand that would dare to violate the unblemihed form of Chatity! Thou wretch! thou ruffian! forbear; nor venture to provoke heaven's fiercet vengeance.' I know not any comment that can be made eriouly on this curious paage, and I could produce many imilar&ensp;