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NYWJ.741.002
26 Jan 1741:11 (373)
MODERN FEMALE EDUCATION.
. . . [25 lines] If we consider their modern education,
(which consists chiefly in dancing, singing, and dressing)
we cannot be surpriz'd at that early tincture of hereditary
vanity, which we see in the young ladies of Great Britain, .
. . [61 lines] The magnanimity of our Boadicea, and Q.
Elisabeth, is so well known, that it would be needless to
give any instances of it. But I would not be thought to
recommend any such military virtues to our modern polite
ladies. These masculine exploits were perform'd in ages,
long before standing armies were known amongst us, and when
we were oblig'd to call in the female power to our aid;
before operas, balls, masqueradis, ridottos, oratorios,
gaming, and luxury of every kind, had put frugality out of
countenance, and turn'd industry into ridicule. . . [1
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