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MANY able pens have dwelt on the peculiar foibles of our ſex. We have been equally deſired to avoid the two extremes in dreſs, and the neceſſity of cleanlineſs has been inſiſted on, "As from the body's purity the mind receives a ſympathetic aid."
By far too much of a girl's time is taken up in dreſs. This is an exterior accompliſhment; but I choſe to conſider it by itſelf. The body hides the mind, and it is, in its turn, obſcured by the drapery. I hate to ſee the frame of a picture ſo glaring, as to
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