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will not ſet a proper value on him; he will be found much inferior to the lovers deſcribed in novels, and their want of knowledge makes them frequently diſguſted with the man, when the fault is in human nature.

When a woman's mind has gained ſome ſtrength, ſhe will in all probability pay more attention to her actions than a girl can be expected to do; and if ſhe thinks ſeriouſly, ſhe will chuſe for a companion a man of principle; and this perhaps young people do not ſufficiently attend to, or ſee the neceſſity of doing. A woman of feeling muſt be very much hurt if ſhe

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