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NYG(W.765.011
4 Feb 1765:11,12,13 (322)
Letter from a Parent to his Daughter; . . . [2 columns of
advice on reading, writing, and conversation]
Invitations to parties of pleasure may be often sent to you;
consider then what they are, and who are to be the company;
one or the other may prove hurtful to your reputation or
peace of mind, or may take you from some employment, which
should be pursued with diligence and dispatch; the practice
of patience and self denial . . . [line illegible] young
people often shew for being at every diversion the town
afford; it will bring you by degrees into an habit of
perfect indifference about Balls, Plays, Assemblies, or
other diversions, should prudence, at any time dictate your
avoiding them:
. . . [6 paragraphs]
. . . [Lines from Pope]
Oh! blest with tender, whose unclouded ray
Can make to-morrow chearful as to-day;
She who can love a sister's charms, or hear
Sighs for a daughter with unwounded ear;
She who ne'er answers, 'till a husband cools
Or, if she rules him never shows she rules.
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