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Oblique Verse on Courtship and Morality Lessons
A fragmented poem mocks a young man’s trial and urges married women to guide his conduct. It extols virtue, reform, and feminine influence to shape national morals, warning against rash passions and urging steady eyes and measured schooling for uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Hodeson
Newcastle
Cunningham
Lady’s Magazine
England
Charlotte Camply
Cleora
Amelia Dean
Louisa Danby
James Earl of Resby
Heraclitus
Democritus
G. Rébinson
Paternefterrow
Edinburgh Magazine
Mary Queen of Scots
King James
Curticus
Bothwell Bridge
Edwin
Adela
Atale
Beattie
Lord Hay
Edinburgh Magazine and Review
London
W. Creech
C. Elliot
Edinburgh
J. Murray
Fleet-street
T. Evang
Paternofter-row
G. Kearfly
Great- Britain
Ireland
Paris
G.kearfly
Foster Powell
T.he Town and Country Magazine
Universal Repository of Know Ao
Betsey Gaemn
Foster. Powell
Betsey
Duke de Sully
School For Wives
Ansientaid
Fotter Powell
Ark
Europe
A. Hamilton
St. John's Gate
G. Robinson
Paternoiterrow
W. Cooke
Royal Exchange
Achin
Boaz
Jerusalem
Queen's Arms
St. Paul’s Churchyard
W. Nicoll