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Artificial Manners.
tituted on all occaſions. No diſtinctions are made, and the eſteem which is only due to merit, appears to be laviſhed on all—Nay, affection is affected; at leaſt, the language is borrowed, when there is no glow of it in the heart. Civility is due to all, but regard or admiration ſhould never be expreſſed when it is not felt.
As humility gives the moſt pleaſing caſt to the countenance, ſo from ſincerity ariſes that artleſſneſs of manners which is ſo engaging. She who ſuffers herſelf to be ſeen as ſhe really is, can never be thought affected. She is not ſolicitous to act a part; her en-deavour
