 | The boarding school, or, Lessons of a preceptress to her pupils ; consisting of information, instruction, and advice, calculated to improve the manners, and form the character of young ladies ; to which is added, a collection of letters, written by the pupils, to their instructor, their friends, and each other |  |
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Dedication.
Dedication.
To the YOUNG LADIES of
AMERICA the following sheets are affectionately
inscribed.
Convinced of the many advantages of
a good education, and the importance of
improving those advantages; or of counterbalancing
the want of them by exerting
the mental powers which nature has bestowed;
sensible, too, that the foundation
of a useful and happy life must be laid in
youth, and that much depends on the early
infusion of virtuous principles into the docile
mind, the author has employed a part
of her leisure hours in collecting and arranging
her ideas on the subject of female
deportment.
How far she has succeeded in her design,
the voice of a candid public will
pronounce.
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| The boarding school, or, Lessons of a preceptress to her pupils ; consisting of information, instruction, and advice, calculated to improve the manners, and form the character of young ladies ; to which is added, a collection of letters, written by the pupils, to their instructor, their friends, and each other | |