a few comments. 'Though Rouſſeau,' ſhe obſerves, 'has endeavoured to prevent women from interfering in public affairs, and acting a brilliant part in the theatre of politics; yet in ſpeaking of them, how much has he done it to their ſatisfaction! If he wiſhed to deprive them of ſome rights foreign to their ſex, how has he for ever reſtored to them all thoſe to which it has a claim? And in attempting to diminiſh their influence over the deliberations of men, how ſacredly has he eſtabliſhed the empire they have over their happineſs! In aiding them to deſcend from an uſurped throne, he has firmly ſeated them upon that to which they were deſtined by nature; and though he be full of indignation againſt them when they endeavour to reſemble men, yet when they come before him with all the charms, weakneſſes, virtues and errors, of their ſex, his reſpect for their perſons amounts almoſt to adoration.' True!—For never was there a ſenſualiſt who paid more fervent adoration at the ſhrine of beauty. So devout, indeed, was his reſpect for the perſon, that excepting the virtue of chaſtity, for obvious reaſons, he only wiſhed to ſee it embelliſhed by charms, weakneſſes, and errors. He was afraid leſt the auſterity of reaſon ſhould diſturb the ſoft playfulneſs of love. The maſter wiſhed to have a meretricious ſlave to fondle, entirely dependent on his reaſon and bounty; he did not want a companion, whom he ſhould be compelled to eſteem, or a friend to whom he could confide the care of his children's education, ſhould death deprive them of their father, before he had fulfilled the
