Now if thou haſt ſeen all theſe, be not afraid of the rude Anſwer which Lord Rocheſter once gave to a Man, who had ſeen many Things. No. If thou haſt ſeen all theſe without knowing what Beauty is, though haſt no Eyes; if without feeling its Power, though haſt no Heart.
Yet it is poſſible, my Friend, that thou mayeſt have ſeen all theſe without being able to form an exact Idea of Sophia: for ſhe did not exactly reſemble any of them. She was moſt like the Picture of Lady Ranelagh; and I have heard more ſtill to the famous Dutcheſs of Mazarine; but moſt of all, ſhe reſembled one whoſe Image never can depart from my Breaſt, and whom, if thou doſt remember, thou haſt then, my Friend, an adequate Idea of Sophia.
But leſt this ſhould not have been thy Fortune, we will endeavour with our utmoſt Skill to deſcribe this Paragon, though we are ſenſible that our higheſt Abilities are very inadequate to the Taſk.
Sophia
