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298 mis, whoe peron is taken from one public place to another, richly caparioned. Yet, mixing in the giddy circle under retraint, thee butterflies long to flutter at large, for the firt affection of their ouls is their own perons, to which their attention has been called with the mot edulous care whilt they were preparing for the period that decides their fate for life. Intead of puruing this idle routine, ighing for tateles hew, and heartles tate, with what dignity would the youths of both exes form attachments in the chools that I have curorily pointed out; in which, as life advanced, dancing, muic, and drawing, might be admitted as relaxations, for at thee chools young people of fortune ought to remain, more or les, till they were of age. Thoe, who were deigned for particular profeions, might attend, three or four mornings in the week, the chools appropriated for their immediate intruction.

I only drop thee obervations at preent, as hints; rather, indeed, as an outline of the plan I mean, than a digeted one; but I mut add, that I highly approve of one regulation mentioned in the pamphlet already alluded to, that of making the children and youths independent of the maters repecting punihments. They hould be tried by their peers, which would be an admirable method of fixing ound principles of jutice in the mind, and might have the happiet effect on the temper, which is very early oured or irritated by tyranny, till it becomes peevihly cunning, or ferociouly overbearing. My&ensp;