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Rh imilar ones; and ome, o very entimental, that I have heard rational men ue the word indecent, when they mentioned them with digut.

Throughout there is a diplay of cold artificial feelings, and that parade of enibility which boys and girls hould be taught to depie as the ure mark of a little vain mind. Florid appeals are made to heaven, and to the beauteous innocents, the fairet images of heaven here below, whilt ober ene is left far behind.—This is not the language of the heart, nor will it ever reach it, though the ear may be tickled.

I hall be told, perhaps, that the public have been pleaed with thee volumes.—True—and Hervey's Meditations are till read, though he equally inned againt ene and tate.

I particularly object to the lover-like phraes of pumped up paion, which are every where interpered. If women be ever allowed to walk without leading-trings, why mut they be cajoled into virtue by artful flattery and exual compliments?—Speak to them the language of truth and obernes, and away with the lullaby trains of condecending endearment! Let them be taught to repect themelves as rational creatures, and not led to have a paion for their own inipid perons. It moves my gall to hear a preacher decanting on dres and needle-work; and till more, to hear him addres the Britih fair, the fairet of the fair, as if they had only feelings.

Even recommending piety he ues the following argument. 'Never, perhaps, does a fine woman trike more deeply, than when, compoed into pious recollection, and poeed with Rh