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"or resistless in power, all the aer of beauty & all
"the array od fascination." The Fascinations of such women are great indeed -- He remained in Paris about six months, & after he left France, she wrote to him the most impassioned Epistles -- indeed [the?] adoration she expressed amounted almost to impiety. --

Oh how those Connexions spoil a man for the every day Scenes of domestic life, for "those blandishments of love obtain an influence over him which he feels superior to that obtained by merit & affections." Such passion, such warm feeling, such expressoins cannot continue in daily intercourse, even where there is sincere love on both sides (calm rational love) & indeed if felt cannot be said by a delicate & modest woman! --

The common occurences of life, pecuniary difficulties worldly vexations & disappointments, all tend to allay & sometimes destroy such warmth of feeling, & silence such strong declarations of passionate love and sentimental sentiment.-- While in France he obtained Letters of introduction to the most distinguished Characters in the W. Indes & N. & S. America -- ([Lee?] letters in Box)