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LOVE.
I Think there is not a ſubject that admits ſo little of reaſoning on as love; nor can rules be laid down that will not appear to lean too much one way or the other. Circumſtances muſt, in a great meaſure, govern the conduct in this particular; yet who can be a judge in their own caſe? Perhaps, before they begin to conſider the matter, they ſee through the medium of paſſion, and its ſuggeſtions are often miſtaken for thoſe of reaſon. We can no other way account for the abſurd matches we every day have an opportunity of obſerving; for in this
reſpect,
