Obsolete Ideas; in six letters addressed to Maria. By a Friend

againſt aged poor almoſt amiable anſwer appear bad education benevolence beſt beſtowed better bleffing cafe caufe cauſe chafte woman character circumftance comfort command confequence confider contempt converfation courſe daſh dear Maria defire diffipation drefs duty evil faid fame feelings feen felf fenfe fenfible fervants fhall filial fingle firſt fituation fociety fome fomething foothing forrows foul fpeak ftand fubject fuch fuffering fuperiors fuppofe fupport gentlemen give heart herſelf hoary head honour houſe huſband idea impofed inftances infult James fays labour ladies laſt libertine Mary mind moft moſt mother muft muſt never obfervations old maid paffed parents pariſh perhaps pious pleaſed poffeffed poffible portunities preſent pride racter raiſe reaſon refpect rience ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſpeak ſpend ſtate ſtep tender tenderneſs themſelves thing thofe thoſe tion underſtand uſe virtue whofe wife wiſdom wiſh women worfe workhouſe worthy young perfons yourſelf