The New Hampshire Gazette

Dear, fair daughter of love, to the instructions of prudence.

And let the precepts of truth sink deep in thine heart: so shall the charms of thy mind add lustre to the elegance of thy form;

And thy beauty, like the rose imperishable, shall retain its sweetness.

The Oeconomy of Human Life.

To Madam,

and the happiness of seeing

season of the year; the glory

waves, and the sweetness of

our conversation was con-

and the gentle sensations they

my dear in this Letter to

a' d with that care ohle company--I shall only take

pcat dvh ar. tot ot the lany peaiag adventures we

a while at breakfast, our conversation turned upon

of wh palod tae dierning we parted: You may re-

ndins, where. I thank, it was universally ac-

it and not vanity in the advan.

sOur Lord though I must

tame opinion yet, madam, I fancy

of your good sense, cannot. hgicogether disable,

he dsding are not sl:ways oliga to pend those Hours

might seem irrem necessary daions. in adorning

minds, and acquiring those Embellishments which are

glory of human nature. as that prevailing inclination

me bandishments of pleasure, that attention commonly

given to the voice of defamation, and fondness for the orna-

ments of dress and fashion, averted to sublimer acquisitions.

How inexpressibly charming would women appear! were

their minds filled with sentiments of virtue, and formed to a

nice discernment; the softness of their manners, the live-

liness of their thoughts, and the delicate turn of their expre-

ssions would furnish a noble entertainment for the ingenious

-mankind: -Men of learning and sense would not only

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tion of a daughter than that of a son, except those who are

designed for a learned profession; experience confirms us that

a slender degree of knowledge is sufficient for the common

affairs of life, and the acquirement of riches; but no small

improvements are requisite to form the minds of young crea-

tures in a suitable manner, and to inspire them with the en-

timents of religion, virtue, and honour.-- But I despair of of-

fering any motives powerful enough, to prevail upon the la-

dies to devote themselves to mental exercises. since I have

often observed that those in the most conspicuous stations,

who ought to be patterns of virtue and every shining accom-

plishment, sometimes compose the gay, the thoughtless and

giddy part of your sex; and you are sensible how great in-

fluence a person of fashion may have over the whole sex that

fall within the compass of her acquaintance.