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Exterior Accompliſhments.
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will not eſcape its laſh, if deficient in this article. Ridicule has been, with ſome people, the boaſted teſt of truth—if ſo, our ſex ought to make wonderful improvements; but I am apt to think, they often exert this talent till they loſe all perception of it themſelves. Affectation, and not ignorance, is the fair game for ridicule; and even affectation ſome good-natured perſons will ſpare. We ſhould never give pain without a deſign to amend.
Exterior accompliſhments are not to be deſpiſed, if the acquiring of them does not ſatisfy the poſſeſſors, and prevent their cultivating the more important ones.
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