A Father's Legacy to His Daughters
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The title A Father's Legacy to His Daughters presents the book as a legacy from a father to his daughters. The text says that one of the chief beauties in a female character is that modest reserve, that retiring delicacy, which avoids the public eye. The text says that when a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of beauty.
The text advises its readers that, if they happen to have any learning, they should keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated understanding. The text says the great art of pleasing in conversation consists in making the company pleased with themselves. The text says to avoid all grimace and ostentation in religious duties, calling them the usual cloaks of hypocrisy.
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- John Gregory
- Pages
- 51
- Language
- English
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