Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1802-12-20
g0r gis csystts.
The REFoRM-No. z.

ally introduce uteful thoughT. The
reader may recollea, that IL the for
mer 4stempt, fome rem n4rks wer. made
on female education, illuGrated by an
example, with which we are fsDila;ly
acquainted. In continuing his i1bjea,
hope 70 be executed for fnill iniiil
gence OF Imagination, IN which, howe
yer, we fhall not be carried far from
real life.
CsRuLIA is charaacr, whom her
young acquaintance cannot b hold and
initiate, without bsing infpired with
Tie love Of willom, and at the fame
time, advanced fom= Reps in irs PDr.
fut. Happy will il be if death, which
deilroys 70 many Of orr bef hopes,
fh0uid ipare this bud Of virtue until il
be unfolded in fell beauty and perfec-
lion. A difidence which luits her age,
with an uncommon th ire OF natural
referve, prevent that eafy accels 10 her
mind, which would unfold ar once IFS
trealures- But where is the neceliity of
many words, wien the couotenance It
felt is 10 eloquent In proportion 70
the nearne(s Of your fr'zAdlhip, the
ttrength OF your fymPa,hies, you vii
dwell with rapture on an exPrsdi5n.
through which Intelligence, content
meet, miIdnefs aed love fhei their
minglcd lufre. Language Of this KIM
is the mott forci5le in nature. In the
eye alone . here is more than III ipe,
and motion or colour; there s thought
and patton, there is iife and fu,, th re
is resfon and fpeech" Ore Of ,he II Il
pleafing and inaruave leIon- | ever
received, was tro!1 he 'rahheir view
OF face, where Helved eened % Be
| enlhron-d in ali IT'S grea re as gl1ry
To Poh9ls a mind, hear W 1ich th1ud
fhow themleves by fich fpl-ntogrs.
occurred 10 me as the high>f ohjef ?
ambition. A friend has iatornet me.
that the irf remark bic irnpre relion Of
/ feriOninefs he ever felt, a ole from al
interview vita a DC in OF Ehat hGur-,
mein and countenaner, which w-re cal
cuiatrd to exhibit, 70 the g-eatef al
vantage, th- elevated Piety he was
known u pof-ls. With fuch an obea
before him,he became diicontentcd vii
himlelf, but did n0t comprehend the
reaion Of the chlnge. The feed Of
religion, thus irf-rG5lY plan'ed, has
| Gnce Iprung up, and flourifhed il now
promiles 10 yield baa4rtd m. 1t IS
true. this language Of looks and eZPref
fon could not be recommended as a
virtue, il it depended entirely uco1 the
gifts of Nature. There are few, howe
yer, who have not an ex.erigr flficient
ly tranlpareat, for lhowing The fro1geR
| movements of the heart, and the pre-
vailing features Of character. II ws
cultivate within ourielves every excel
lencc and perfection, there 5 no danger
but we ihtll carry th-ir appearance a
bout with as, ani thus afford even a
csriorT obferver. an opportunity 10
catch gleam of virtue.
Thatthe prefent aare Of f',oiety opens
a field for reformation with refpea 70
J falhionable amu(ements, few will deny.
Thefe if conGdered as innocenr in them
ielves, are liable TO be inlulged 70
dangerous exceG. Ia this refpef, &c
rulia is happy example Of abftinence.
Confshedly fond OF books, of folitnde
and domeiic occupations, ii is not eafy
to conceive, that the can give too much
Of her mind to mere fecial fatisfaetions.
Her tate and Judgment are iosaccu
rate IN thefe things, that her parents,
plealed with the fucce(s Of their laboors,
begin now to leave their child 10 that
die <tion, which promifes to become
70 faithful guide. In the choice Of
her books, fhc exercifes both Judgment
and confidence She is far from think
ing it right to dip into every new pub.
lication, even though it fhnuld fsll into
the current Of popularity thinking it
wife to- fpend her imallquantity of leifure
| rather in reading works Of efabtiihed
worth, than in trying dangerous exPer
imcnts. Thole authors who fsek 10
enlighten and elevate the mind, inaead
| of exhibiting merely the fportivepefs Of
lively, Though innocent fancy, have
her relpea and affection while fuch
as aim to potion the fourees Of the
Leart, by arti6ces whether more or lels
concealed. are objeas of her f.ttled ab-
horence But fweet indeed are the
moments of retirement and meditation
enjoyed by this eaimable young female.