| Show EDMUND IDEA OF A WIFE she is is handsome but it it is is not a beauty arising from the features from complexion or shape she has all three in in a high di degree gree but it is is no not by these that she touches the heart i it t is is all that sweetness of temper benevolence 1 e 11 ce i innocence cence and sensibility which aich a face can express that forms her beauty she has a face that just arouses your attention at first sight it grows upon you every moment and you wonder I 1 it did 1 not more than raise raise attention at fir first 1 her eyes have a mild light but they awe when she pleases t they hey command like a good I 1 man 11 a n out of office not by authority tho rity but by virtue her stature is is note not tall she is is not made to be the admiration of every one but the happiness of one she has the firmness that does not exclude delicacy all of the softness that does not imply weakness her voice oice is is soft low music nor formed t to rule in in public assemblies but to charm those who can distin distinguish mish a company from a crowd it it has 17 its ts advantage you must come close to hear it to describe her body describe her mind one is the transcript of the other her understanding V is is not shown in in the i variety abety of matter it exerts unon hut but of the choice she makes her politeness flows rather from a natural disposition dispo S i to oblige than any rules on that subject and therefore never fails to strike those who understand good breeding and those who do not |
