tunes of others are to reach us, so much the more we dread their becoming personal; whereas, those which tragedy presents us with, are seen at a distance: they do not disturb the love we bear to ourselves, they only rouse the benevolent love, which prevails within us in favour of the virtuous.

O come! and o'er my bosom reign,
Expand my heart, inflame each vein,
Through every action shine.

Love preserves something delightful, even in the want of the object of its affection. We in some measure always enjoy what we hope for; yet we have not always the fruition of what we really possess. It is more agreeable to be car

ried by our desires towards the least object, than in reality to possess the greatest benefits while the heart remains inactive.

Hope gives a delightful prospect to the various kinds of happiness which we have in view. Eager in pursuit of pleasure, we flatter ourselves with the thoughts of obtaining it from all unknown objects, which seem to promise the gratification of all our wishes.

ness.

Truth herself is obligated to this secret hope for part of her enchanting brightShe often puts on a flattering appearance, alluring the mind by the agreeable hopes of success, while she enslaves the heart with the pleasing thoughts of possessing what is promised. But in

and we shall highly condemn them for not exercising their talents in exciting the sensations of the heart, which alone can proceed from real pleasures.

There is a science of sensation as certain and more momentous than any other science in nature.

Take Nature's path, and mad opinions leave,
All states can reach it, and all heads conceive.

THERE are some enlivened beings, that seem to be sufficient of themselves.

In

the spot where they are placed, they find

every thing requisite for their preserva

tion and improvement. It is not so with man, there are no limits to the infinity of his desires. He is overpowered with wants, which all nature seems inadequate to supply, at the same time he is enriched with a variety of organs, which enable him to distinguish and to make use of the most distant objects. Whatever causes a temperate exercise to these organs, is accompanied with a pleasing sensation. That uneasy disposition which we observe in children, shews what an agreeable thing motion must be to them. Even old persons, in whom age has made torpid every other sensation, are pleased with moderate exercise.

There are persons who fancy that the delight, which men shew for all kinds of