N the rollowing pages I have endeavoured to point out ſome important things with reſpect to female education. It is true, many treatifes have been already written; yet it occurred to (me, that much ſtill remained to be ſaid. I ſhall not ſwell theſe ſheets by writing apologies for my attempt. 1 am afraid, indeed, the reflections will, by ſome, be thought too grave; but I could not _ 5 | them leſs fo without writing af- — 3 fectedlyʒ (/ PREFACE. fectedly; yet, though they may be inſipid to the gay, others may not think them ſo; and if they ſhould prove uſeful to one fellow-crea- _. * I ture, and beguile any hours, which E ſorrow has made heavy, I ſhall. FI think I have not been employed 5 in vain. ä 1 DP 3 SE * 7 # <1 "We "IS * * THOUGHTS | OE Ss EDUCATI & * 1 Taz N F S] conceive it to be the duty of every rational creature to at- * 1 er. ag e tend to its offspring, I am ſorry to obj ſerve, that reaſon and duty together have not ſo powerful an influence ver De Nurſery. human conduct, as inſtinct has in the brute creation. Indolence, and a 5 - thoughtleſs diſregard of every thing, except the preſent indulgence, make many mothers, who may have mo- mentary ſtarts of tenderneſs, negle& their children. They follow a pleaſing impulſe, and never reflect that reaſon ſhould cultivate and govern thoſe in- ſtints which are implanted in us to render. the path of duty pleaſant—for if they are not governed they will run wild; and ſtrengthen the paſſions which are ever endeavouring to ob- tain dominion—I mean vanity and ſelf-love, |; 'The 3 laying the foundation of a good con- ſtitution. The mother (if there are not very weighty reaſons to prevent her) ought to ſuckle her children.
Her milk is their proper nutriment, and for fome time is quite ſufficient. Were a regular mode of ſuckling adopted, it would be far from being a laborious taſk. Children, who are left to the care of ignorant nurſes, have their ſtomachs overloaded with impro- per food, which turns acid, and renders them very uncomfortable. We ſhould be particularly careful to guard them in their infant ſtate from bodily pain; as their minds can then afford them no B 2 amuſehe Nurſery. 3 The firſt thing to be attended to, is e 8 RS amuſement to alleviate it. The firſt years of a child's life are frequently made miſerable througłꝭ negligence or ignorance. Their complaints are moſt- 17 in their ſtomach or bowels; and | theſe complaints generally ariſe from the quality and quantity of their food.
The ſuckling of a child alſo excites che warmeſt glow of tenderneſs Its dependant, helpleſs ſtate produces an affection, which may properly be term- ed maternal. I have even felt it, when I have ſeen a mother perform that office; and am of opinion, that ma- ternal tenderneſs ariſes quite as much from habit as inſtin&, It is poſſible, I pb, The: Nurſery, am convinced, to acquire the affection of a parent for an adopted child; it is neceſſary, therefore, for a mother to perform the office of one, in order to produce in herſelf a rational affection for her 5 0 0 8 - i a early contract the manners of thoſe about them. It is caſy to diſtinguiſh the child of a well- bred perſon, if it is not left entirely to the nurſe's care. Theſe women are of courſe ignorant, and to keep a child quiet for the moment, they humour all its little caprices. Very ſoon does it begin to be perverſe, and eager to be gratified in every thing. The uſual ; B 3 mode N mode of acting is complying with the humours ſometimes, and contradicting them at others—juſt according to the dictates of an uncorrected temper. This the infant finds out earlier than can be imagined, and it gives riſe to an affection devoid of reſpect, Uni- formity of conduct is the only feafible method of creating both. An inflexi- ble adherence to any rule that has been laid down makes children com- fortable, and ſaves the mother and nurſe much trouble, as they will not often conteſt, if they have not once conquered, They will, I am ſure, love and reſpe& a perſon who treats _ them properly, if ſome one cle does re 1 n . 4 Fa r .
n e * * not indiſcreetly indulge them.; I ance adicious father ſay, He would treat his child as he would his horſe: firſt convince it he was its maſter, and then its friend. But yet a rigid ſtyle of behaviour is by no means to be adopted; on the contrary, 2 I wiſh to remark, that it is years, of childhood that the happineſs of a human being depends entirely on others—and to. embitter thoſe years by needleſs reſtraint is cruel. To conciliate affeQion, affection muſt be ſhown, and little proofs of it ought + always to be given —let them not ap- pear weakneſſes, and t , 4 Y in the will fink deep into the young mind, and call es B 4 forth forch its moſt amiable propenſ ties: * The turbulent paſſions- may be kept | 11-reaſo begins to dawn:: 3, "x 1 5: 5 „ > a * © 4 an 5 e a out in ſuch filly, affected tones as muſt diſguſt; —yet theſe are the tones w.
e : * iy 5 oo 4 * % #.- * are a ny got t the beter d not 3 to = when they have dy NM Eng: 3 but chat nonfeitte b d 5 f ch; the child firſt imitates, and its inno- .
% The Nurſery.
Children are taught revenge and Hes in their very cradles. If they fall down, or ſtrike their heads againſt any thing, to quiet them they are bid return the injury, and their little hands Held out to do it. When they cry, or are troubleſome, the cat or dog is chaſtiſed, or ſome bugbear called to take them away; which only terrifies them at firſt, for they ſoon find out that the nurſe means nothing by theſe © dreadful threatenings. Indeed, ſo well do they diſcover the fallacy, that I have ſeen little creatures, who could ſcarcely ſpeak, play over the ſame tricks with their doll or the cat.
How, then, when under diſcipline, can precepts of truth be inforced,. when the firſt examples * they have had would lead them te 1 MORAL DISCIPLINE.
T has been afferted, © That no being, merely human, could properly educate a child.” I entirely coincide with this author; but though perfec- tion cannot be attained, and unfore- ſeen events will ever govern human conduct, yet ſtill it is our duty to lay down ſome rule to regulate our ac- tions by, and to adhere to it, as conſiſt. | ently as our infirmities will permit. To be able to follow Mr. Locke's ſyſ- tem (and this may be ſaid of almoſt all treatiſes on ed ucation) the parents muſt have ſubdued their own paſſions, Which 8 2 8 3 OK "I, 4 i „ OBO YN Er a Ed Gs M. oral Diſciptine. | which is not often the caſe in any con- ſiderable degree.
The marriage ſtate is too often a Mate of diſcord; it does not always bappen that both parents are rational, and the weakeſt have it in their power to do moſt miſchief.
How then are the tender minds of children to be cultivated? — 3 7 Mamma 18. only anxious that they * ſhould love#her beſt, and perhaps takes pains | to Tok thoſe. ſeeds, which have produced ſuch luxuriant weeds 1 in her own mind. Or, what ill more frequently occurs, the children are at firſt made play-things of, and Moral Diſcipl "IP * when their tempers have been ſpoiled: by indiſcreet indulgence, they become troubleſome, and are moſtly left with ſervants; the firſt notions they imbibe, therefore, are mean and vulgar. They are taught cunning, the wiſdom of th at claſs of people, and a love of truth, the foundation of virtue, is. ſoon ob. literated from their minds, It is, in my opinion, a well- proved fact, that principles of truth are innate. Without; reaſoning. we: aſſent to many truths;; we feel their force, and 1 ſopbiſtry can only blunt thoſe feelings which nature has implanted in us as inſtinc- tive guards to virtue. Diſſimulation and cunning will ſoon drive all other good qualities before them, prive the. mind of that beautiful ſimplicity, which can never be too much - eheriſhed., 4 32 Indeed it is of the utmoſt confe- quence to make a child artleſs, or to ſpeak with more propriety, not to teach them to be otherwiſe; and in order to do ſo we muſt keep them out of the way of bad examples. Art is almoſt always practifed by ſervants, and the ſame methods which children obſerve them to uſe, to ſhield. them- lelves from blame, they will adopt and cunning is ſo nearly allied to falſe- hood, that it will infallibly lead to it— 1 or ſome fooliſh prevaticating fubter- fuge will occur, to filence any re- proaches of the mind which may arife, = if an attention to truth has been in- 3 | .
ree of art is nl ious correction. Accidents or tricks are too frequently pu- niſhed, and if children can coneed WF 2 theſe, they will, to avoid: chaſtiſement.
Bf Refrain them, therefore, but never F c correct them wi a very ſufficient eruelty to animals, infrriors, or thoſe nenen VICE.
Children ſhould be ter into converſation; but it requires THC, it No FTE great diſcernment to find out ſuch ubjects as will gradually improve them. Animals are the firſt objects * which catch their attention; and I think little ſtories about them would not only amuſe but inſtruct at the lame time, and have the beſt effect in forming the temper and cultivating the good diſpoſitions of the heart. There are many little books which, have r this tendency. One in particular I; recollect: 7 The Perambulations of a Mouſe. I cannot here help mention- ing a book of hymns, in meaſured proſe, written by the ingenious author.
* 1 Moral Diſcipline; 17 af many other proper leſſons for chil- dren. Theſe hymns, I imagine, would contribute to fill the heart with reli- gious ſentiments and affections; and, if I may be allowed the expreſſion, make the Deity obvious to the ſenſes. The underſtanding, however, ſhould not be overloaded any more than the ſtomach, IntelleQual improvements, like the. growth and formation of the body, muſt be gradual—yet there is no reaſon why tire mind ſhould lie fallow,: while its © frail tenement” is imper- ceptibly fitting itſelf for a more rea- ſonable inhabitant. It will not lie fallow; promiſcuous ſceds will be ſown.
HY accident, and they will ſhoot up with — 18 Moral Diſcipline. with the en and perhaps never be cradic of cated. 3 1 * Whenever a child aſks a queſtion, it ſhould always have a reaſonable an- ſuwer given it. Its little paſſions ſhould be engaged. They are moſtly fond 8 oO T4 =. 43.40" _ oF * Ah hrs BC ad of ſtories, and proper ones would 1 imn n .* 5 prove them even while they are a- muſed. Inſtead of theſe, their heads are filled with improbable tales, and — — ſuperſtitious accounts of inviſible be- =Y ings, which breed ſtrange prejudices — — and vain fears 1 in their minds.
_ _— = The liſp of the nurſery is confirmed, and vulgar phraſes are acquired; which children, if poſſible, ſhould never hear. 2 2 | Te — — — * 3 — 5 Moral Diſcipline. Jo be able to expreſs the thoughts with facility and propriety, is of great con- ſeguence i in life, and if children were never led aſtray in this is particular, it would prevent much trouble.
The riot too of the kitchen, or any other place where children are left only with ſervants, makes the decent reſtraint of the parlour irkſome. A girl, who has vivacity, ſoon grows a romp; and if there are male ſervants, they go out a walking with them, aud will frequently take litele freedoms wich Miſs, the bearing with which gives a forwardneſs to her air, and makes her pert. The becoming mo- C 2 deſty, * Nr r N 5 R. e — Ed, te eo EE ants DIES 20 Moral Diſcipline.
deſty, which being accuſtomed to con- verſe with ſuperiors, will give a girl, is entirely done away. I muſt own, I am quite charmed when I ſee a ſweet young creature, ſhrinking as it were from obſervation, and liſtening rather than talking. It is poſſible a girl may have this manner without having avery good underſtanding. -If it ſhould be ſo, this diffidence prevents her from being troubleſome. - It is the duty of a parent*to preſerve a child from receiving wrong impreſ- ſions.—As to prejudices, the firſt no- * SV 2 22 * tions we have deſerve that name; for it is not till we begin to waver in our * * A 9 3 * B N Mer al Diſcipline. 21 , opinions, that we exert our reaſon to examine them and then, if they are received, they may be called our own.
The firſt things, then, that children ought to be encouraged to obſerve, are a ſtrict adherence to truth; a proper ſubmiſſion to ſuperiors; and condeſcenſion to inferiors. Theſe are the main articles; but there are many others, which compared to them are trivial, and yet are of 1 importance. | Ir is not pleaſing to lee a child full of bows | and grimaces; yet they need not be ſuſſered to be rude. They ſhould be employed, and ſuch fables and tales may be culled out for them as would C3 = ERS ” al. 1 herd of 3%, 2 AAS Een Db Moral Diſcipline.
Excite their curioſity. Ataſte for the Beauties of nat ure ſhould be very early "cultivated: many things, with reſpect to the vegetable and animal world, may be explained in an amuſing way; and this is an innocent ſource of plea- ſure within every one's reach, 0 — 4 * o * _ Above all, try to teach them to combine their ideas. It is of more uſe than can be conceived, for a child to- learn to compare things that are ſimi - lar in ſome reſpects, and different in others. 3 with them to be taught to I 4 = think—thinking, indeed, is a ſevere exerciſe, and exerciſe of either mind or body will not at firſt be entered on, but | with Moral Diſcipline. 23 with a view to pleaſure. Not that I would have them from experience, they are * #2 4 7 EXTERIOR- ACCOMPLISH- der ob MEBNES- wo): ct .
IND ER this head may be ranked all thoſe accompliſhments which merely render the perſon attractive; and thoſe half. learnt ones which do not improve the mind. © A little 3 learning of any kind is a dangerous n thing;” and ſo far from making a per- Oc up — — -_ = ſon pleaſing, it has the contrary effect.
Parents have moſtly ſome weighty — „ weighty buſineſs in hand, which they make a pretext to themſelves for ne- 13 glecting the arduous taſk of educating their children; they are therefore ſent 8 8 : Exterior Accompl rocibliool, and the allowance for them is ſo low, that the perſon who under- takes the charge muſt have more than the can poſſibly attend to; of courſe, the mechanical parts of education can only be obſerved. 1 have known chil- dren Who could repeat things in the order they learnt them, that were quite at a loſs when put out of the beaten - track. If the underſtanding 1s not ex- erciſed, the memory will be employed Z to little. purpoſe.
to little. purpoſe.
23 Girls learn ſomething of muſic, drawing, and geography; but they do not know enough to engage their attention, and render it an employment of A * — —— FF...run — —— n is de f 26 Exterior Accompliſhments.
tunes to their acquaintance, and have a drawing or two (half done by the maſter) to hang up in their rooms, they imagine themſelves artiſts for the reſt of their lives. It is not the being able to execute a trifling Jandſcape, or any thing of the kind, that is of conſequence — Theſe are at beſt but trifles, and the foolifh, indiſcriminate praiſes which are be- ſtowed on them only produce vanity.
But what is really of no importance, when conſidered in this light, becomes of the utmoſt „when a girl has a fond- neſs for the art, and a deſire of excel - lence. Whatever tends to make a perſon in ſome meaſure independent —— * - 4 Exterior Accompliſhments. the ſenſes, is a prop to virtue. Amuſing employments muſt firſt occupy the mind; and as an attention to moral duties leads to piety, ſo whoever weighs one ſ and new ideas will raſh. into the mind. ” The facultics will. be exerciſed, and not ſuffered to fleep, which will give a variety to the character. 0 * > 7 4 Dancing and elegance of manners: are very pleaſing, if too great a ſtreſs is not laid on them. Theſe acquire- ments catch the ſenſes, and open the way to the heart but unſupported by folid good qualities, their reign is ſhort.
for the time; but when. thoſe years = are flown, and ſenſe is not. ſubſtituted in the ſtead of vivacity, the follies of youth; are acted over, and they neyer conſider, that the things which pleaſe in their proper ſeaſon, diſguſt out of 1t. It is very abſurd to ſee a woman, whoſe brow time has marked with wrinkles, aping the manners of a girl 3Z in her teens.
* do not think it foreign to the pre-: #ent ſubje& to mention the trifling coni verſations women are moſtly fond of.
* 4 1 In] general, they are prone to ridicule.
12 155. 9 44 0 Oy A As they lay the greateſt ſtreſs on man- ners, the moſt reſpectable characters Vill Exterior Accompliſhments. 29 will not eſcape its laſh, if deficient in this article. Ridicule has been, with ſome people, the boaſted teſt of truth —if ſo, our ſex ought to make wonderful improvements; but I am apt to think, they often exert this talent till they loſe all perception of it themſelves. Affectation, and not ignorance, is the fair game for ridicule; and even affectation ſome good-natured perſons will ſpare. We ſhould never give pain without a deſign to amend.
Exterior accompliſhments are not to be deſpiſed, if the acquiring of them does not ſatisfy the poſſeſſors, and prevent their cultivating the more Apo ant ones.
T may be thought, that artificial manners and exterior accompliſh- ments are much the ſame; but! 1 the former take a far wider range, and are materially different. The one ariſes from affectation, and the other ſeems only an error in judgment.
— * The emotions of the mind often ap- - -pear conſpicuous in the countenance ” and manner. Theſe emotions, when :they anſe from ſenſibility and virtue, are inexpreſſibly pleaſing. But it is «eaſier to copy the caſt of countenance, than to cultivate the virtues which ani- P 1 n 75 1 * 2 „ i wei 8 1 Artificial Manners. 31 How many people are like whiten- ed ſepulchres, and careful only about * appearances! yet if we are too anxi- ous to gain the approbation of the world, we muſt often forfeit our own: — How bewitching is that humble ſoft- neſs of manners which humility gives birth to, and how faint are the imi- tations of affeQation! That gentleneſs of behaviour, which makes us courte- ous to all, andthat benevolence, whick makes us loth to offend any, and ſtudious to pleaſe every creature, is ſometimes copied by the polite; but how aukward is the copy! The = 72 | Tituted 2 3 2 3 4 5 * I I þ * « EF #1} Lat * * * , >, "SIT N a by Ty. * 4 " +4 2 2 Fs ag 4 2 * += WA Pu. 12 a TU, * tv ba” 75 * N e — 5 I ES ER) * 1 32 Artificial Manners.
tituted on all occaſions. No diſtinc- tions are made, and the 0 which Is only due to merit, appears to be laviſhed on all—Nay, affection is af- feed; at leaſt, the language is borrowed, when there is no glow of it in the heart. Civility is due to all, but regard or admiration ſhould never be expreſſed when it is not felt.
E TS As humility gives the moſt pleaſing caſt to the countenance, ſo from ſin- cerity ariſes that artleſſneſs of manners which is ſo engaging. She who ſuf- {ers herſelf to be ſeen as ſhe really is, Can never be thought affected. She 43s ot ſolicitons to act a part; 3 her en- „„ OST. deayaus deavour is not to hide; but correct her failings, and her face has of courſe that beauty, which an attention to the mind only gives. I never knew a per: ſon really ugly, who was not fooliſh or vicious; and I have ſeen the moſt beautiful features deformed by paſſion and vice. It is true, regular features ſtrike at firſt; but it is a well ordered mind which occaſions thoſe turns of expreſſion in the countenance, which make a laſting impreſſion, Feeling is ridiculous when affected; and even when felt, ought not to be yed. It will appear if genuine; Hui When puſhed forward to notice, it is Obvious vanity has rivalled ſorrow, de borne when there \ : * view To have in this. uncertain wor ſome ſtay, which cannot be undermin- * In W SCI ; —— d 1e ne- cellty of cleanlineſs has been Staſi : * on, As from the Gf mY mind receives a ſyn 8 1 * 55 far too much of a ** time is 2 7 taken up in dreſs. This is an exteribr accompli | Fw it by itſelf; The body Kides't x mind, "and It i is, in its turn, 0 ſeured by the drapery. I lite” to [ce ft frame of a picture ſo glaring, as *o catch the eye and divide the attention. | Dreſs onght to adorn the perſon, and not rival it. It may be ſimple, he elegant, and becoming, without being || m __ expenſive; and ridiculous faſhions di.. w! . while ſingularity is avoided. or The beauty of dreſs (I ſhall raiſe aſto- niſhment by ſaying ſo) is its not be- ing conſpicuous one way or the other; 3 fc when it neither diſtorts, or hides the * human form by unnatural protuber- tl ances. If ornaments are muck ſtudied, | Aa conſcionſneſs of being well dreſſed e—and ſurely: Op: mean pride Gi not. give much Ont of the abundance of heart the mouth ſpeaketh.”” And how | much converſation does dreſs furniſh, which ſurely cannot be very imprqpig 8 or entertaining. f | 1 It gives riſe to envy, and conteſts 4 1 for trifling ſuperiority, which do not render a woman very reſpectable 16 Arts are nfed to 1 obtain money; and much is ſquandered away, which if ſaved for charitable purpoſes, might alleviate the diſtreſs: of many poor families, and / ſoften the heart of the girl who entered into ſuch ſcenes: of 2 1 r © See 8 3 L _ which enlivened 1 Wwe face, bid defiance ro time. Theſe nu- # * = merous and effential articles are ad- , _ vertifedin 10 ridiculous a ſtyle, that I the rapid fale of them is a ver 7 ſevere reflection on the underſtanding g of thoſe 4:20 nature: The red, too, t „gives, can never ſeen. It is not © a m zillumined face.” „The body does not charm, becauſe the mind is ſeen,” but juſt the contrary; and if caught by it a man marries a woman thus diſguiſed, he may chance not to be ſatisfied with her real perfon. © {trike viſitors; but .
_ moſt delicate kind; ner does a wo- g herſelf in a way to at- tract languiſhing glances „ give us the moſt advantageous opinion of the pu- 8 rity of her ming.
> 3 BY * * 1 I I forgot to mention powder among the deceptions. It is a pity that it ſhould be ſo generally worn. The moſt beauti- ful ornament of the features is diſguiſ- 5 ed, and the ſhade it would. give to the countenance. entirely loſt. The color of every perſon's hair generally ſuits.
- the complexion, and is calculated to ſet it off. What abſurdity then do they run into, who uſe red, blue, and _ yellow. powder! — And what a falſe taſte does it exhibit |.
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1 »; | & The quantity of pomatum is often diſguſting. We laugh at the Hotten- — 5 Simplicity of Dreſs, and unaffeQted. 1 manners, ſhould go together. They demand reſpect, and will be admired + by people of taſte, even when love is out of the queſtio.
* ingenious arts, are brought to great perfection, and af- ; \ moſt rational and Klicare W * * TH It is eaſy d out if a young per- ſon has a taſte for them. If they have; do not ſuffer it to lie dormant, Heaven kindly beſtowed it, and a a great bleſ- ſing it is; but, like all other bleſſings, may be perverted: 88 the intrinſic value is not leſſened by the perver- . fin, Should nature have been a nig- * > ard to them in this reſpect, perſuade - * WY en de more ridiculous..._ 58925 ecution. artleſs airs ten f min puhen it has been harraſſed by care; "of «20 N and I have been raiſed from the very - depths. of ſorrow, by the monp of ſe tions, 41 have on Him, from whom all * ſe cannot be really perſon is fond of tracing the effects of the paſſions, and marking the appearances they give to the counte- - nance, they will be glad to fee cha- racters diſplayed on canvaſs, and enten into the ſpirit of them; but if by them ox of nature has not been read, obſerve the Works of fancy are very amuſing, 2 girl has a lively fancy; but if ſhe makes others do the eſt part of them, and only wiſhes for the credit of doing them, do not encourage —. * Writing may be termed a fine art; and. I am fure, it is a very uſcful one. The ſtyle in particular deſerves atten- tion. Young people are very apt ſubſtitute words for ſentiments, and clothe mean thoughts 1 in pompous dic- tion. Induſtry and time are neceſſary to cure this, and will often do it.
- % * * e Children ſhould be led! into correſpon- = f ences, and methods adopted to make them write down their fentiments,: and * 88 1, I 1 * 1 « cading, and ſuch arts: as have been 7 mentioned, would fill up the ing loſt in diſſipation, which ener- 4 * — =» "wates the mind, and often leads to im- _ proper connections. When! abits are - Sixed, and a character in "ome. mea- * Tire re formed, the entering into the * a cos Bags | The Fine 'buſy world, ſo far from * * gerous, is ufefdl.
[T\-is:an' old, but awery true obſervation, that the human mind muft ye RY - who reflect can tell, of what import- © ance it is for the mind to have ſome re- BE” ſource in itſelf, and not to be entirely „ dependant en the ſenſes for employ- E ment and amuſement. If it unfortu- is fo, it muſt ſubmit to meana - when reaſon and virtue will-not give their ſanction, conſtitutes great part of be warfare of life. What ſupport, then, have they wha are al ſenſes, > ployment, if pe Reading is the moſt rational emwords; or with a view ons which give 2 F Prong account of the human paſſions, * life, ought judgment is formed; or at leaſt exerciſed. Such - — 1 + - accounts are one great cauſe affectation of young women.
the noveliſt; readin g. therefore, will often co- operate to make his fair admirers inſignificant.
are in our language many, in which inſtruction and amuſement are bl T mention this book on account of » tiful - allegories and affect fimilar ones may cahly ſtrikes, moſt.
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« words of thunderin found, * and others that have nothing to recom- mend them but ſweet and muſical terminations. 9} | © V +04 bene md "(1893 Books of theology are not calculate for young perſons; religion is beſt 4 7 taught by example. The Bible thoul read with particular x * ſo facred a book; leſt they might eonſider that as a taſk, which ought to be a a ſource of the moſt exalted ſatisfaQtion, £& It may de obſerved, that I recommend the mind's being put into a pro- * per train, and then left to itſelf...Vixed — rules cannot be given, it muſt depend o on the nature and ſtrength of the un- „ <7 * derſtanding; and thoſe who obſerve it can beſt tell what kind of cultiva- 1 tion will improve it. The mind is not, cannot be ereated by the teacher, * 5 "= _ though it may be.cukivated, and its 5 wers found out.
- © A, 4 y - * U Bae”, * lectual enjoyments; but when the no- velty of the ſcene is worn off, the want 7 of them will be felt, and nothing elſe can fill up the void. | The mind is -confined to the body, and muſt fink into ſenſuality J for it has nothing to do but to provide for 1 it, “ how it ſhall eat and drink, and wherewithal } it mall be clothed.”
All kinds of refinement have been found fault with for increaſing our cares and ſorrows; yet ſurely the contrary effect alſo ariſes from them. Taſte and thought open many fources of pleaſure, which do not depend on * employment of the mind is ufficient excuſe for neglecting domeſ- tic duties, and I cannot conceive that ” oY.
they are incompatible. A woman may fit herſelf to be the companion and friend of a man of ſenſe, and yet know how to take care of his family.
A _— =. . = £ * * - Cy 3 BOARDING- F ua mother has leiſure ſfſenſe, ter, I think ſhe could beſt e them herfelf; but as many family rea- nder it neeeſſary fo 8 fend” them from home, > _ is my opinion, that the manners 4 too much attended to in all fehoo and in the nature of things it cat be otherwiſe, as houſe d ple can judge is neglected, t taught to all, Ea Boarding · School.
ing of things they have not capaci er” ti ſtand; few things are „ but many follies immoderate fondo prepare a woman to fulfil the t duties of a wife and mo- 8 cher, are certainly che objects that period of life; yet accompliſhments are moſt thought of, and they, and all- — powerful beauty, generally gain the heart; and as the keeping of it is not x * * * * dered of until it is loſt, they are ob 8 8 ©.: eemed of the. moſt conſequence. cannot attend to the 4. a PP: * LY Boarding-Schools.: minds of the number ſhe is obliged tor have. She may have been many years