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BEP(F.744.026
30 Jul 1744:31,32 (469)
[From the] Universal Spectator. The importance of
education must be allow'd of the utmost service to youth, by
forming their judgments, and instilling those ideas, which
ought to be the rule of their future conduct. How shocking
then is it to consider, that many of our modern young ladies
are deficient in this material point ? That their knowledge
should extend no farther than knowing how to dress and dance
well, and where a patch may be placed to advantage ? This
is often productive of the greatest unhappiness; for when
these ladies marry, without any other accomplishment than a
pretty face, which (being the most volatile) ought to be
esteem'd the least qualification, tho' ever so charming, in
what a sad condition is the poor husband ? Instead of a
friend to alleviate any misfortune that may befall him, she
is a continual torment; always anxious after baubles, till
at last she becomes insufferable: . . . [8 lines]
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