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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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"The
eyes
of
her
family
and
of
her
young
friends
are
upon
her,
when
a
young
lady
receives
the
first
indications
of
preference.
She
is
generally
ashamed
of
it.
This
is
the
first
sentiment
of
a
modest
and
ingenuous
mind,
and
it
is
one
indication,
in
my
opinion,
of
the
impropriety
of
early
marriages.
Nature
seems
still
to
wish
to
keep
the
young
and
blushing
girl
apart
from
that
connection
which
entails
grave
and
arduous
duties.
But
Nature's
voice
is
far
less
often
heard
than
that
of
her
adversary,
expediency.
I
must,
therefore,
shape
my
injunctions
to
that
which
exists,
not
to
that
which
we
would
wish
to
exist.
"Almost
sinking
under
this
painful
sense
of
shame,
this
novel
disturbance
of
her
usual
set
of
feelings,
a
young
girl
catches
at
the
first
reed
to
save
herself
from
observation
and
detection.
I
mean
detection
of
her
perception
of
that
which
others
may
or
may
not
see.
She
seizes
upon
ridicule.
She
pretends
to
laugh
at
one,
whom
sometimes
her
youthful
romantic
fancy
dwells
upon
in
a
very
different
sense.
She
laughs
at
the
foibles,
supposed
or
real,
of
her
admirer:
she
plays
a
dangerous
game.
If
any
of
those
to
whom
she
imparts
her
witticisms
are
malevolently
disposed
or
thoughtless,
she
runs
a
risk
either
of
wounding
the
feelings
of
a
man
whom
she
does
not
like,
or
of
losing
the
regard
of
one
whom
she
might
in
time
not
only
esteem,
but
love.
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