; but
Semanthe
has taken up an Affectation to White and Red, and is now distinguished by the Character of
the Lady that paints so well.
In a word, could the World be reformed to the Obedience of that famed Dictate,
Follow Nature
, which the Oracle of Delphos pronounced to Cicero when he consulted what Course of Studies he should pursue, we should see almost every Man as eminent in his proper Sphere as
Tully
was in his, and should in a very short time find Impertinence and Affectation banished from among the Women, and Coxcombs and false Characters from among the Men. For my Part, I could never consider this preposterous Repugnancy to Nature any otherwise, than not only as the greatest Folly, but also one of the most heinous Crimes, since it is
a direct Opposition to the Disposition of Providence