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DIALOGUES

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LETTERS,

UPON THE

Most Important and Interefting Subjects.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

By JAMES HERVEY, A. M.
Rector of Wefton-Favell, in Northamptonshire.

For Zion's fake will I not hold my Peace, and for Jeru-
falem's fake I will not reft, until the Righteoufnefs
thereof go forth as Brightness, and the Salvation there-
of as a Lamp that burneth. Ifai. xii.

VOL. fi.

THE THIRD EDITION.

DUBLIN:

Printed in the Year M. DCC. LVIII.

RB 23 a. 25282

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DIALOGUE XIII.

HE Morning had been wet, At Noon the Rain ceased. But the Heavens ftill continued gloomy.-Towards Evening, a gentle eastern Gale fprung up; which diffipated the dead Calm, and cleared the Face of the Sky. The Sun, which had been muffled in Clouds, dropped the Veil. Difengaged from the dufky Shroud, he fhone forth with peculiar Splendor. His Beams, endeared by their late Sufpenfion, were doubly welcome, and produced unufual Gaiety.

At this Juncture, Theron and Afpafio walked abroad. They walked alternately on the Terraces; one of which was oppofite to the Country, the other contiguous to the Parterre.-Where the Gales, impregnated with the fresheft Exhalations of Nature, breathed the Smell of Meads, and Heaths, and Groves. Or elfe, fhaking the Clufters of Rofes, and sweeping the Beds. of Fragrance, they flung Balm and Odours through the Air.

At a Distance, were heard the Bleatings of the Flock, mingled with the Lowings of the milky Mo thers. While more melodious Mufic, warbled from the neighbouring Boughs, and spoke aloud the Joy VOL. II. A

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