fomething to the animation of mufic, and far more to the animation of fentiment, naturally excited by being engaged in fo pleafing a familiarity, with the fex we moft wifh to appear favourably to; — and yet, in almost every ball-room, how many couple do we fee journeying down a dance, with fuch ferious countenances, as if they were rather toiling through a pennance impofed them, than engaged in a voluntary amusement ! -It is certainly being undefirably philofophical, to feel pleasure, without expreffing it. -Nothing is more calculated than the MINUET, to fhew an elegant figure to advantage; it is the art of mov - ing with grace and ease, but to dance in that degree of taste, as to command admiration, requires early inftruction, inftruction, good judgment, and a nice ear, fuperadded to many perfonal endowments.-As greatly to excel therefore, in this accomplishment, can happen but to few, a moderate knowledge of it may be difpenfed with, and attended to;-but it would be far better declined by the many, who attempt it, without any of the requifites. Acts, which are the efforts of grace, ought to be gracefully performed! And as there is fome path, or other, in which every one may walk with propriety and fuccefs, it is a fad mistake, when we place our felves, unneceffarily, in fuch confpicuous fituations, as we are totally unfuited to appear in. When difcord agitated the affembly of of the Gods, and their wrangles had made a bear-garden of OLYMPUS, HOMER makes VULCAN take up the goblet of Nectar, and hand it about among them, that they might drink themselves into better hu mour. -Now VULCAN was altogether one of the best of the whole crew;-he was honeft, he was induftrious,-he was a peace-maker, and added to all he was a husband for any age, or any country;-for he could amufe himself with forging a nail, or a horsefhoe, whilft his wife was cuckolding him in heaven, and on earth. It was an abfurdity in VULCAN, who was naturally very awkward,and accidentally very lame, to af fect an office which demanded the grace grace of a GANYMEDE;-the confequence was,—that he diverted the attention of every deity prefent, from their own concerns, and forced a goodhumoured laugh from the whole affembly. THE THE INDIA-MEN. LA PIERRE hath fo much vivacity, blended with fo much natural courtefy,- -and poffeffes befides, fo ftrong a difpofition to thrust himself into every place where intelligence is to be procured, that nothing is stirring from one end of MARGATE to the other, that doth not come to his knowledge. He is never without a bouquet in his bofom, which he prefents to the first fille de chambre of his acquaintance that he meets; - his great pride is to be admitted to their tea-tables; and his easy, happy spirits, make him perfectly at home, whereever he goes. -The poor fellow could hardly make my coffee at breakfast, with |