Mary: A Fiction

L'exercice des plus ſublimes vertus deve et nourrit le genie, | ROUSSEAU. LONDON; >} PRINTED FOR I. JONNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. MDCCLXXIYIID. n m —« CY 7 OI Saad Lf a EE "om PS HE * htm SF KTESEMEN Tc: * 0 Fad * this Fiction, the Author attempts to develop a charaQer different from thoſe generally portrayed. This woman Is neither a Clariſſa, 5 a Lady G—, nor a * Sophie, —It would be vain to mention the va- rious modifications of theſe models, . it would to remark, how widely artiſts wander from nature, when they copy the originals of great * Rouſſeau, ©: 0h I: N delineating. e Heroine of Eq —. ADVERTISEMENT. maſters. They catch the groſs parts; but the ſubtile ſpirit eva- Porates; and not having the juſt ties, affectation diſguſts, when grace was expected to charm. | Thoſe compoſitions only have power to delight, and carry us wil- ling captives, where the ſoul of the author is exhibited, and ani- mates the hidden ſprings. Loft in a pleaſing enthuſiaſm, they live in the ſcenes they repreſent; and do not meaſure their ſteps in a beaten track, folicitus to gather expected flowers, and bind them in a wreath, accord- 8 the preſeribed rules of art. pf 1 2 Theſe ADVERTISEMEN T. pf 1 2 Theſe ADVERTISEMEN T. Theſe choſen few, wiſh to ſpeak for themſelves, and not to be an echo—even of the ſweeteft ſounds —or the reflector of the moſt ſub- lime beams. The paradiſe they ramble in, muſt be of their own creating—or the proſpe& ſoon grows inſipid, and not varied by a vivifying principle, fades and dies. In an artleſs tale, without epiſodes, the mind of a woman, who has thinking powers is diſplayed. The female organs have been thought + here give the Reviewers an opportunity of being very witty about the Paradiſe of Fools, &c, 5 too ADVERTISEMENT. too weak for this arduous employ- ment; and experience ſeems to juſtify the ' aſſertion.…