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Essays on Various Subjects, Principally Designed for Young Ladies

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Essays on Various Subjects, Principally Designed for Young Ladies

Hannah More

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Dissipation, envy, false meekness, romantic connexions: Hannah More names the dangers she saw circling the young ladies of her day. These essays, offered to Mrs. Montagu, mix moral seriousness with sharp observations on conversation and the cultivation of heart and temper. Eighteenth-century counsel from one of England's most influential women. Period advice with a surprisingly current edge.

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  1. 1ESSAYS for YOUNG LADIES.
  2. 2ESSAYS on VARIOUS SUBJECTS, Principally deſigned for YOUNG LADIES.
  3. 3to Mrs. MONTAGU.
  4. 4CONTENTS.
  5. 5INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6ON DISSIPATION.
  7. 7THOUGHTS ON CONVERSATION.
  8. 8ON ENVY.
  9. 9ON THE DANGER OF SENTIMENTAL OR ROMANTIC CONNEXIONS.
  10. 10ON TRUE AND FALSE MEEKNESS.
  11. 11THOUGHTS on the CULTIVATION of the HEART and TEMPER in the EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS.
  12. 12on the IMPORTANCE of RELIGION to the FEMALE CHARACTER.
  13. 13MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS on GENIUS, TASTE, GOOD SENSE, c. [8]
  14. 14ESSAYS for YOUNG LADIES.
  15. 15ESSAYS on VARIOUS SUBJECTS, Principally designed for YOUNG LADIES.
  16. 16to Mrs. MONTAGU.
  17. 17CONTENTS.
  18. 18INTRODUCTION.

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