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T has long ince occurred to me that advice repecting behaviour, and all the various modes of preerving a good reputation, which have been o trenuouly inculcated on the female world, were pecious poions, that incruting morality eat away the ubtance. And, that this meauring of hadows produced a fale calculation, becaue their length depends o much on the height of the un, and other adventitious circumtances.

From whence aries the eay fallacious behaviour of a courtier? From his ituation, undoubtedly: for tanding in need of dependents, he is obliged to learn the art of denying without giving offence, and, of evaively feeding hope with the chameleon's food: thus does politenes port with truth, and eating away the incerity and humanity natural to man, produce the fine gentleman.

Women in the ame way acquire, from a uppoed neceity, an equally artificial mode of behaviour. Yet truth is not with impunity to be ported with, for the practied diembler, at lat, become the dupe of his own arts, loes that agacity, which has been jutly termed common ene; namely, a quick perception of common truths: which are contantly received as uch by the&emsp;