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derſtanding, take up her attention. Of courſe, ſhe falls a prey to childiſh anger, and ſilly capricious humors, which render her rather inſignificant than vicious.
In a comfortable ſituation, a cultivated mind is neceſſary to render a woman contented; and in a miſerable one, it is her only conſolation. A ſenſible, delicate woman, who by ſome ſtrange accident, or miſtake, is joined to a fool or a brute, muſt be wretched beyond all names of wretchedneſs, if her views are confined to the preſent ſcene. Of what importance, then, is intellectual improvement, when our
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