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are commanded and directed into it, by their Parents and Guardians, and in ſome Other Circumſtances 'tis their only Way of advancing themſelves, and ſettling in the World.
Indeed as to many Perfons, 'tis their own free Choice, to whom Marriage with its complicated Hazards, appears more eligible than the ſolitary, unfriend'd, ridiculed Condition of a ſingle Life; and no wonder, ſince the uſual Way of educating young Women ſeems as if it were calculated on Purpoſe to awaken all the Afflictions of the Heart, at the fſme Time that it deprives them of their proper Counter-balance, the Strength of the Head.
That which glitters in the Eye, ſtrikes the Fancy, and charms the Imagination, being repreſented to them, as the moſt improving Objects for their Contemplation and Learning. The Attainment of a fine Air, a graceful Motion, an elegant Fancy in Dreſs, a Knowledge of the faſhionable Compliments and Civilities, at receiving and paying Viſits, with more Accompliſhments of the like Importance, are recommended to them, as the ſureſt Means of obtaining the Love and Admiration of the Men, and procuring an advantagious Settlement in Marriage, which is propoſed to them,
