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length convinced her that he could Ipeak
from the foul of a man, and that Ihe flat¬
tered herfclf he would prove to her that he
had alfo the refolution to ad fo.
4 This lad>, who had very little of either
the temper of a Venu~ or of a Juno in her
compofition, was neither troublefome to
her hufband in refped of jealoufy or of
love. She was of a moft uncommon turn
of mind her ruling paflion was for Sway,
and all the reft fhe made fubfervient to that
of ambition : her thoughts were fo totally
bent upon that one objed, that flie never
fuffered herfelf to diflfolve into the natural
foftnefs of her fex, and was truly incapable
of making herfelf defireable in amorous en¬
joyments > infomuch, that as Ihe well knew
that Macbeth, with all the martial and afpir-
ing genius which any man could pofTefs,
was neverthelefs extremely devoted to the
amorous, ftie was careful to give him no
fort of interruption in thefe purfuits ; on
the contrary, that his mind might not be
diverted from the Chace which fhe had in
view, by employing too much of his time
in the other fcent, Ihe herfelf would often
procure for him ! Never was there fo Angu¬
lar a charader ! Thus unweariedly infti-
gated by her, and prompted by his owt*
inclinations for power, he grew impatient
of uncertainty j he infpirited every one of
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