The Female Reader: A Facsimile ReproductionScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1980 - 394 pages The first educational anthology published by a woman, for & about women. Displays Wollstonecraft's literary eclecticism, early interest in education, & hitherto undocumented religious orientation. |
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... Confider that you expofe yourselves to the ridicule of the company , and affront one gentleman only to fwell the tri- umph of another , who perhaps thinks he does you honour in speaking to you . Converfe with men even of the first rank ...
... Confider that you expofe yourselves to the ridicule of the company , and affront one gentleman only to fwell the tri- umph of another , who perhaps thinks he does you honour in speaking to you . Converfe with men even of the first rank ...
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... confider as one of the half - virtues , as Ariftotle calls them , and fhall recommend it under the three following heads : as it is a mark of po- liteness ; as it produces love ; and as it bears an analogy to purity of mind . First , it ...
... confider as one of the half - virtues , as Ariftotle calls them , and fhall recommend it under the three following heads : as it is a mark of po- liteness ; as it produces love ; and as it bears an analogy to purity of mind . First , it ...
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... confider a moment , you mufl re- collect that the Searcher of hearts reads your very thoughts ; that nothing is hid from him . • · · • · You would blush if I difcovered it , yet forfeit His favour to fcreen yourfelves from correction or ...
... confider a moment , you mufl re- collect that the Searcher of hearts reads your very thoughts ; that nothing is hid from him . • · · • · You would blush if I difcovered it , yet forfeit His favour to fcreen yourfelves from correction or ...
Contents
TO FEMALES | 1 |
BOOK I | 1 |
The Importance of Religion to Minds of Senfibility Mirror | 9 |
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