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168 the noblet coniderations, he aumes, without knowing it, uperiour dignity and new graces; o that the beauties of holines eem to radiate about her, and the by-tanders are almot induced to fancy her already worhipping amongt her kindred angels!' Why are women to be thus bred up with a deire of conquet? the very epithet, ued in this ene, gives me a ickly qualm! Does religion and virtue offer no tronger motives, no brighter reward? Mut they always be debaed by being made to conider the ex of their companions? Mut they be taught always to be pleaing? And when levelling their mall artillery at the heart of man, is it neceary to tell them that a little ene is ufficient to render their attention incredibly oothing? 'As, a mall degree of knowledge entertains in a woman, o from a woman, though for a different reaon, a mall expreion of kindnes delights, particularly if he have beauty!' I hould have uppoed for the ame reaon.

Why are girls to be told that they reemble angels; but to ink them below women? Or, that a gentle innocent female is an object that comes nearer to the idea which we have formed of angels than any other. Yet they are told, at the ame time, that they are only like angels when they are young and beautiful; conequently, it is their perons, not their virtues, that procure them this homage.

Idle empty words! What can uch deluive flattery lead to, but vanity and folly? The lover, it is true, has a poetic licence to exalt his mitres; his reaon is the bubble of his paion, and he&ensp;