Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-21
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male character almOf anaina the p0ni-
bll.tY oil violation VIII YOU then lodge
luth a treafure 10 the lufpicious keeping
ot public ientiment, or tfui the affec-
tions OF young heart. uutil you have
exhauled all the Ic(oufces OF YOUR
reat n and Piety ID their improvement
The charge which heaven has thrown
INTO your hands is too valuable TO BE-
tniPended upon fach fender threads
But what though the external guard,
which furrounds The objed Of your care.
thould prove lufheent Tor its protection
will this f4tisfythe demands of good
mind Small u that worth, compare.
lively fpeaking, which belongs to the
mere flow Of virtue. A penetrating
eye will eaGly pierce the difguife,
and lay opeo TO itlelf, and where hoa.
city requires, 10 Others, the corruptions
Of heart which has never offered one
iacrihce Al the altar Of truth. The
world, 10 fome relpe6s, Is more loft
than II appears 10 be. Men will fome-
times Pleale themlelves with hattery
yer IN forming i1ttled Judgment, they
will no farther allow the claims of cha.
rdtler than they arc fupported BY ince.
rity. But what is the opinion Of one
accurate obterver, what the climate of
iociety VIII thefe hold any compari-
ion with the fentence Of our own mind?
lt confidence condemn, it is Of little
importance who condemns beGde. Yet
is there not a Gill higher power, higher
than the tribunal ere6ed within our
own bofom Yes-the measnger Of
heaven has fad, Blefed are the pure
ID heart, for they lhall fee God"
Bur the amiable mother Of Ceralia
has ieen oher Inconvenience in the
Praetice am now endeavouring to ex
Poie. The young female, iu1 at the
period proper for cherifhing that noble
ardour which promiles the fruits Of
uiefni and Pleaing knowledge, NUT 90
Though the time and toll Of dreG, il
order 10 prepare for one OF thele faih
ionable fcenes. What waite Of mo-
meets, what tax Of patience are here.
How much more pro6tably might both
Be fpent in cultivating the foul THIS,
however, is only the beginning or trou-
bic For the p6or things are no fooner
equipped, than they find themfalves cur
off from that ezerciie, which fuits their
age, and which health demands, either
by the confinement of their clothes,
by tome law Of premature politenefs,
Or by the fear ot injurng their bet ap-
PareI. II they infringe thefe limits they
mutt iuaer for their indulgence either
II bodily pam, il the contempt of fome
Fabulous companion, or, what is worGe,
from the anger of thole who cruelty
forged Their chains. IL would be fome
paliiation Of thefe Inconvenience, were
iOber hours Obferved by the Gtfk pupils
Of Pleaiure. BUT the period aligned
70 repole is robbed, and thus health is
endangered, and the order Of domeaic
life diturb=d. Were | to lengthen my
own evenisg in waiting the return of a
child from one Of thel1 cutomorY revskJ,
thould look upon myfelf as abandon
ing comfort, for what For the i'm.
Provement and happinels Of one near
my heart? No, but for adiiting her ad
vances in the road TO defrudion.-
The pelican dlcovers a nobIe inffina, in
opening her bolom TO her young for a
fat Of blood but the mother Is mad,
who relinquilhes moments peace to
crafty the artificial wilhes of a daagh-
ter, while, az The fame time, the mot
valuable Illustrations Of exiaence are
ezpofed 20 dreadful forfeiture.-I
fhall conclude this paper with one more
remark, on fubjea 70 important TO
every perlon who i blef-d with rifng
family. The latitude which Is given,
at the prefent day, TO female youth, Is
calculated 70 inlpire luch rooted at
tachment 10 tumultuous and dependent
joys, as mua deltroy I'll fuiceptibility
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