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The Lady's Museum and Benvolio's Retirement
A letter-writer extols female learning and praises The Lady's Museum as a new periodical. He lauds Harriet Stuart as a literary exemplar and commends L’Ennox and Brumoy. The piece then shifts to a meditation on retirement, arguing for peaceful gardens, music, drawing, and reading. It highlights Benvolio as a model of virtuous retirement and benevolence, urging others to follow his example and cherish every Minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geotlemenn
Hyoug
Lam
Locke
Homer
Virgil
Milton
Pepe, &c
Harriet Stuart
Henwee
Sully
S.amemaixs
Brumoy
Serigce
Mets
Leayyop
Alonss
Lennox
Probus