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tunes to their acquaintance, and have a drawing or two (half done by the maſter) to hang up in their rooms, they imagine themſelves artiſts for the reſt of their lives. It is not the being able to execute a trifling landſcape, or any thing of the kind, that is of conſequence—Theſe are at beſt but trifles, and the fooliſh, indiſcriminate praiſes which are beſtowed on them only produce vanity. But what is really of no importance, when conſidered in this light, becomes of the utmoſt, when a girl has a fondneſs for the art, and a deſire of excellence. Whatever tends to make a perſon in ſome meaſure independentof
