 have given
him an Air rather too effeminate, had it not been joined to a most masculine
Person and Mein; which latter had as much in them of the Hercules, as the former
had of the Adonis. He was besides active, genteel, gay and good-humoured, and
had a Flow of Animal Spirits, which enlivened every Conversation where he was
present.
    When the Reader hath duly reflected on these many Charms which all centered
in our Heroe, and considers at the same Time the fresh Obligations which Mrs.
Waters had to him, it will be a Mark more of Prudery than Candour to entertain a
bad Opinion of her, because she conceived a very good Opinion of him.
    But whatever Censures may be passed upon her, it is my Business to relate
Matters of Fact with Veracity. Mrs. Waters had, in Truth, not only a good
Opinion of our Heroe, but a very great Affection for him. To speak out boldly at
once, she was in Love, according to the present universally received Sense of
that Phrase, by which Love is applied indiscriminately to the desirable Objects
of all our Passions, Appetites, and Senses, and is understood to be that
Preference which we give to one Kind of Food rather than to another.
    But tho' the Love to these several Objects may possibly be one and the same
in all Cases, its Operations however must be allowed to be different; for how
much soever we may be in Love with an excellent Surloin of Beef, or Bottle of
Burgundy; with a Damask Rose, or Cremona Fiddle; yet do we never smile, nor
ogle, nor dress, nor flatter, nor endeavour by any other Arts or Tricks to gain
the Affection of the said Beef, etc. Sigh indeed we sometimes may; but it is
generally in the Absence, not in the Presence of the beloved Object. For
otherwise we might possibly complain of their Ingratitude and Deafness, with the
same Reason as Pasiphae doth of her Bull, whom she endeavoured to engage by all
the Coquetry practised with good Success in the Drawing Room, on the much more
sensible, as well as tender, Hearts of the fine Gentlemen there.
    The contrary happens, in that Love which operates between Persons of the
same Species, but of different Sexes. Here we are no sooner in Love, than it
becomes our principal Care to engage the Affection of the Object beloved. For
what other Purpose indeed are our Youth instructed in all the Arts of rendering
themselves agreeable? If it was not with a View to this Love, I question whether
any of those Trades which deal
