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are many follies, in ome degree, peculiar to women: ins againt reaon of commiion as well as of omiion; but all flowing from ignorance or prejudice, I hall only point out uch as appear to be particularly injurious to their moral character. And in animadverting on them, I wih epecially to prove, that the weaknes of mind and body, which men have endeavoured, impelled by various motives, to perpetuate, prevents their dicharging the peculiar duty of their ex: for when weaknes of body will not permit them to uckle their children, and weaknes of mind makes them poil their tempers—is woman in a natural tate?

glaring intance of the weaknes which proceeds from ignorance, firt claims attention, and calls for evere reproof.

In this metropolis a number of lurking leeches infamouly gain a ubitence by practiing on the credulity&ensp;