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If much of her time is destroyed in dress and adournment, if she is enamoured with her own beauty, and delighted with her ow...more

If much of her time is destroyed in dress and adournment, if she is enamoured with her own beauty, and delighted with her own praise, if she laughed much,and talked loud,if her foot abideth not in her father's house, and her eyes with boldness rove on the faces of men,though her beauty were as the sun in the firmament of heaven, turn thy face from her charms, turn thy feet from her paths, and suffer not thy soul to be ensnared by the allurements of imagination. But when thou findest sensibility of heart,joined with softness of manners, and accomplished mind,with a form agreeable to thy fancy, take her home to thy house, she is worthy to be thy friend, thy companion in life. O cherish her as a blessing sent to thee from Heaven.Let the kindness of thy behaviour endear thee to her heart. She is the mistress of thy house, treat her therefore with respect. Oppose not her inclination without cause, she is the partner of thy cares, make her also the companion of thy pleasures. Reprove her faults with gentleness.