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& native grace ought to be the groundwork the actions, the movements of the body ought to correspond with the sentiments of the mind; she who possesses ^ [[addition]] this [[/addition]] feels the ^ [[addition]] chaste [[/addition]] difference between innocent mirth & flippant forwardness, between inanimate prudery & sensible melancholy. that superlative medium teaches Men even in their boisterous moments where real excellence dwells. -- It is not the retired, abashed, downcast look, or the plaintive, affected, effeminate drawl, it is the open, mild yet modest, & pleasing lure, a look of Virtue, yet of revealed desire that feeling that expression of sense, blended with love, & tenderness, inshort, it is a mixture of all that is amiable founded on all that is good, the emanations of a mind, worthy of admiration blended with expressions of loveliness; so in my opinion ought ^ [[addition]] a [[/addition]] pretty
