" but (he knows Ihe is good. Gonfcious
*' beauty, adorned with confcious. virtue*!
^' what a fpirit is there in thofe eyes ! whaFa
^' bloom in- that perfon ! how is the whole
^^ woifpan expreffed in her appearance ! her
Ad ^^ air



^ PREFACE-

^< tit hns the bcwty ^ ftko66n, and her
«* look die force ^language.?

«* I have often thought (fays oar Audior)
" there has not been fufficient pains taken
** in finding^ out proper employments and
*^ diverlions for the Fair Ones. Their a-
** mufcments feem contrived for* them, ra-
" ther as they are Women, than as they arc
** reafonable creatures; and are more adapt-
" ed to the fex than to thefpecies. The
** toilet is the great (cene o( buiinels, and
" the right adjufting of their hair the prin-
" cipal employnaciit of their lives. The
" forting of a fuit gf ribbands is reckoned
« a very good morning's work ; and if they
^* make an excurfion to a Mercer's or a Toy-
** fhop, fo great a fatigue makes them un-
** fit for any thing elfe all the day after.
