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When my readers and myself have breathed after this formidable period, I must proceed to remark, that these were not the only indubitable proofs of her at tarhment. My late friend, (gentle reader, after the above abjuration I am authorized to use an epithet so Soothing to my feelings) has appointed me her execu to1 and residuary legatee. A mine of wealth 13 thus come into my possession, consisting, not of goods and apparel, houses and lands, plate and jewels, but of two scrutoires and five trunks, filled with the unpublished offspring of her prolific pen; all of which, with the unwearied perseverance of a laborious editor, I here by promise to present successively to an admiring and generous public, being fully convinced that my friend could have consigned any of her lucubrations to oblivion, only through excessive modesty, or culpable inertness foibles which it is my duty to counteract. She indeed fell Into the common error of great minds, that ofthink mg 1t more improving and gratifying to study what was excellent, than to devour what was new and she used to talk with great pathos of living authors bury ing themselves under their own works, and of dead ones being exposed by-their injudicious friends, in a pillory made of the manuscripts they had themselves devoted to the flames.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. In the late 1700s, the world stands in moral disarray as women, the supposed arbiters of propriety, resort to backstabbing and underhanded tactics to advance their standing. This book takes the unsparing scalpel of social critique to the scandalous lives of high society and the complex motivations driving the apparently absurd behaviors of women. The author was a keen observer of her time, pointing out the contradiction between women's supposed purpose as nurturers and their actual preoccupation with vanity, status-seeking, and petty rivalries. The book exposes the societal double standards that made women easy targets for blame and ridicule while allowing men to act with impunity. By lifting the veil on the secret lives of society's elite, the author challenges the notion that morality and power are the exclusive domain of men. This book remains relevant today, offering a fresh perspective on the ways in which gender dynamics shape our understanding of virtue and vice. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332841752_0
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