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Exterior Accompliſhments.
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of the ſenſes, is a prop to virtue. Amuſing employments muſt firſt occupy the mind; and as an attention to moral duties leads to piety, ſo whoever weighs one ſubject will turn to others, and new ideas will ruſh into the mind. The faculties will be exerciſed, and not ſuffered to ſleep, which will give a variety to the character.
Dancing and elegance of manners are very pleaſing, if too great a ſtreſs is not laid on them. Theſe acquirements catch the ſenſes, and open the way to the heart; but unſupported by ſolid good qualities, their reign is ſhort.
The lively thoughtleſſneſs of youth makes every young creature agreeablefor
