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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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"In
high
life,
the
same
haste
to
dispose
of
daughters
prevails
as
among
the
lowest
classes.
At
seventeen,
most
of
our
belles
of
fashion
expect
to
receive
proposals.
If
they
do
not
marry
within
a
few
years
after
their
introduction,
they
have
a
mortified
sense
of
having
lost
time--that
the
expectations
of
friends
and
of
parents
have
not
been
fulfilled;
that
others
have
'gone
off'
before
them.
The
next
ten
years
are
often
a
period
of
subdued
vexation,
and
the
sweetness
and
contentment
of
the
original
character
is
impaired.
About
seven
or
eight
and
twenty,
the
views
of
life
are
sobered--the
expectations
chastened--a
renovation
takes
place--women
again
become
agreeable;
their
minds
must
in
the
lapse
of
time,
even
with
a
miserable
store
of
observation,
have
improved.
They
then
often
marry--and,
if
the
union
be
not
a
mere
effort
of
despair,
if
it
be
based
on
sound
and
holy
principles,
and
on
good
sense,
there
is,
for
both
parties
engaged,
a
great
likelihood
of
happiness.
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