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been led aſtray by our paſſions, and that it was our own imaginations which gave the high colouring to the picture, we may be certain time will drive it out of our minds. For we cannot often think of our folly without being diſpleaſed with ourſelves, and ſuch reflexions are quickly baniſhed. Habit and duty will co-operate, and religion may overcome what reaſon has in vain combated with; but refinement and romance are often confounded, and ſenſibility, which occaſions this kind of inconſtancy, is ſuppoſed to have the contrary effect.
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