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ii2 A TOUR THROUGH
ordered that her body mould be disse&ed,
and her bones hung up for the inspection
of all young maidens who are inclined to
be vain of their beauty. However, is she
had been preserved in this moral gallery,
the lesson would have been ftronger; sor
those very features that had raised her
vanity would still have remained, only di-
verted of all their power, and disarmed os
every charm.
Some of the Capuchins sleep in these
galleries every night, and pretend to have
many wondersul virions and revelations ;
but the truth is, that very sew people
believe them.
No woman is ever admitted into this
convent either dead or alive; and this
interdiction is written in large characters
over the gate. The poor indolent Capu-
chins, the frailest os all ssesh, have great
need
ordered that her body mould be disse&ed,
and her bones hung up for the inspection
of all young maidens who are inclined to
be vain of their beauty. However, is she
had been preserved in this moral gallery,
the lesson would have been ftronger; sor
those very features that had raised her
vanity would still have remained, only di-
verted of all their power, and disarmed os
every charm.
Some of the Capuchins sleep in these
galleries every night, and pretend to have
many wondersul virions and revelations ;
but the truth is, that very sew people
believe them.
No woman is ever admitted into this
convent either dead or alive; and this
interdiction is written in large characters
over the gate. The poor indolent Capu-
chins, the frailest os all ssesh, have great
need