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appears neceſſary; and too frequently little arts are practiſed which debaſe the character, and at beſt give it a trifling turn. Certainly nothing can be more absurd than permitting girls to acquire a fondneſs for cards. In youth the imagination is lively, and novelty gives charms to every ſcene; pleaſure almoſt obtrudes itſelf, and the pliable mind and warm affections are eaſily wrought on. They want not thoſe reſources, which even reſpectable and ſenſible perſons ſometimes find neceſſary, when they ſee life, as it is unſatisfactory, and cannot anticipate pleaſures, which they know will fade when nearly viewed. Youth
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