Paul and Virginia . PAUL AND VIRGINIA DANCING. 121 PAUL AND VIRGINIA. 123 far on the sands. But Virginia at this sight uttered pierc-ing cries, and said that such sports frightened her too amusements were not wanting on these festiveoccasions. Our repasts were generally followed by the. songs and dances of the two young people. Virginiasang the happiness of pastoral life, and the misery ofthose who were impelled by avarice to cross the raging ]_M PAUL AND VIRGINIA. ocean rather than cultivate the earth and enjoy its bountiesin peace. Sometimes she performed a pantomime withPaul afte
Paul and Virginia . PAUL AND VIRGINIA DANCING. 121 PAUL AND VIRGINIA. 123 far on the sands. But Virginia at this sight uttered pierc-ing cries, and said that such sports frightened her too amusements were not wanting on these festiveoccasions. Our repasts were generally followed by the. songs and dances of the two young people. Virginiasang the happiness of pastoral life, and the misery ofthose who were impelled by avarice to cross the raging ]_M PAUL AND VIRGINIA. ocean rather than cultivate the earth and enjoy its bountiesin peace. Sometimes she performed a pantomime withPaul after the manner of the negroes. The first languageof man is pantomime: it is known to all nations, and isso natural and expressive that the children of the Europeaninhabitants catch it with facility from the negroes. Vir-ginia, recalling, from among the histories which her motherhad read to her, those which had affected her most,represented the principal events in them with beautifulsimplicity. Sometimes at the sound of Domingos tantamshe appeared upon the green sward, bearing a pitcherupon her head, and advanced with a timid step towardthe source of a neighboring fountain to draw and Mary, personating the shepherds of Midian,forbade her to approach and repulsed her sternly. Upo
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