Excerpt from Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, Vol. 1 of 2: With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune But the prefent work is no more intended for a panegyric on thofe purer charafters who feck not human praife becaufe they ael: from a higher motive, than for a fatire on the avowedly licentious, who, urged by the impulfe of the moment refill: no inclination, and, led away by the love of fafhion, diflike no cenfure, fo it may ferve to refcue them from neglect or oblivion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.