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price of a virtuous woman is far above rubies. She ftretcheth out her hand to the poor: yea, she tretcheth out her hand to the needy; and the shall rejoice in time to come.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

She looketh well to the ways of her houshold, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Her children arife up, and call her bleffed: her hufband alfo, and he praiseth her.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is, vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, the shall be praised.

Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own

works praise her.

Let facred writings always be admired,

Whofe holy penmen were with truth inspir'd.

Value your bible as your best treasure, and look upon religion as your best business.

A human foul without education, is like marble in a quarry, which fhews none of its inherent beauties until the skill of the polisher makes the furface fhine, and discovers every ornamental spot and vein that runs_ through the body of it. Education, when it works upon a noble mind, in the fame manner draws out to view, every latent virtue and perfection, which, without fuch help, are never able to make their appear

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SPECTATOR.

Every gift of heaven is lent us for our improvement.

We should always be attentive to what we are about; for it is a fign of a little mind, to be doing one thing, and at the fame time thinking of another.

It requires little acquaintance with the heart, to know that a woman's first wifh is to be handfome, but fhe fhould confider, that

Beauty, like a flower, foon fades away,

But mental charms will ne'er decay.

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That enchanting inftrument, the female tongue, when properly tuned, is more powerful than all the charms of mufic; but anger, violence and rage, render it disgusting; and a turbulent woman difgraces the delicacy of her fex. Be advised, ye fair, never be loud or violent, if you wish to be happy. Conftantly exert thofe tender and endearing arts, which nature has fo lavishly bestowed upon you.

The first thing to be inculcated in young perfons is, to be of a tractable difpofition, and to lay themselves open to inftruction.

Whatever you undertake in the courfe of your education, ftrive to excel in it. To learn things by halves, is learning to little purpofe; and those who do not make a due progress in what they are taught, affront their teachers, difappoint their parents, and, to their own shame, are fufpected of idleness, or want of capacity, an imputation they should wish to avoid.

Be affured that no character is more amiable than that of a female who practices the rules of purity and virtue, for in the exercise of thofe qualities confift the fineft and best breeding.

Though it may appear oppofite to all modern refinement, for a girl in the bloom of fixteen, to think herfelf mortal, or made for any other purpose than to attract admiration, and to purfue the pleafures of this

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life, yet it will redound more to her real happiness, hoth here and hereafter, to form her conduct upon that plan (let it be ever fo old-fashioned), that leads to pure delight, and fecures eternal blifs.

Many are the advantages that arife from tranfcribing. By this practice, true spelling and pointing will be made familiar to you; it will imprint the fubject on your memory, and will fix your attention to the authors meaning, so that you will take in his various beauties with the greatest ease and pleasure.

The elegant beauty, whose fondest aim is to please and be admired, will often find herself disappointed, because she pays but too little regard to that complete harmony of manner and behaviour that is the perfection of her beauty.-A beauty that has been feverely treated by the fmall pox, learns to efteem people for fomething more than their perfons.

A fine woman fhews her charms to most advantage when the conceals them.

Ladies fhould accuftom themselves to an habitual neatness in their drefs, so that in the most careless undrefs, in their most unguarded hours, they may have no reason to be ashamed of their appearance. An elegant fimplicity in dress, is an equal proof of taste and delicacy.

A lady, in the choice of her friends, fhould have a principal regard to goodness of heart and fidelity; and if they alfo poffefs tafte and genius, that will ftill make

them