Hawkins, Sculp

Thurston, Del

See

Fortitude, page 8.

Published by Vernor and Hood, June, 1798.

A Mirror for the Female Sex. 12

HISTORICAL BEAUTIES

FOR

YOUNG LADIES.

INTENDED TO LEAD THE

Female Mind

TO THE LOVE AND PRACTICE OF

MORAL GOODNESS.

Defigned principally for the Ufe of Ladies' Schools.
By Mrs. PILKINGTON.

THE SECOND EDITION.

Ornamented with Thirty-Seven Engravings,

BEAUTIFULLY CUT ON WOOD.

When fuch a specious Mirror's fet before ye, you needs muft fee yourselves.

Shakespeare.

LONDON:
Printed by T. Maidan, Sherbourne-Lane,
FOR VERNOR AND HOOD, IN THE POULTRY;
And fold by E. NEWBERY, the Corner of
St. Paul's Church-Yard,

1799.

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OF

FEMALE SEMINARIES.

LADIES,

THE Hiftorical Beauties has a natural claim on fome share of your patronage : It aims at the fame objects with you, cooperates with all your labours in improving and polishing our fex, is the affociate of your wishes, and facilitates their completion. What approbation it deferves, were as unnecessary for me to folicit, as unhandfome in you to refufe. I have done what I could, and you will judge as you ought. From that imperfection which tarnishes every human production, mine pleads no exemption; but has the lefs to fear, that my readers are more or less confcious of fimilar infirmity; and experience may have taught them the equity and neceffity of· Shewing the fame measure of lenity in my cafe they may wish in their own.

To you it comes, with perfect confidence in your favourable or candid acceptance at leaft. It makes an humble tender of af fiftance,

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