and Sir Edw:Edward approaching Charlotte, said "You may perceive what ^{has been our}we have been^occupation.doing. My Sister wanted my Counsel in theselection of some books. — We have many lei::sure hours, & read a great deal. — I am noindiscriminate Novel-Reader. The mere Trashof the common CirculatingLibrary, I hold in the highest contempt. You will never hearme advocating those puerile Emanationswhich detail nothing but discordant Prin::ciples incapable of Amalgamation, orthose vapid tiſsues of ordinary occurrencesfrom which no useful Deductions can bedrawn. – In vain may we put them intoa literary Alembic; — we distil nothingwhich can add to Science. — You understandme I am sure?" "I am not quite certainthat I do. —^^But If you will describe the sortof Novels which you do approve,^^{I dare say} it willprobably give me a clearer idea." "Mostwillingly, FairQuestioner. — The Novelswhich I approve are such as display Hu::manNature with Grandeur — such asshew her in the Sublimities of intenseFeeling —Such as exhibit the progreſs ofstrong Paſsion from the first Germ of^^incipientSusceptibility to the utmost Energies ofReason half-dethroned, ––– where we see