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The Nurſery.
forth its moſt amiable propenſities. The turbulent paſſions may be kept down till reaſon begins to dawn.
In the nurſery too, they are taught to ſpeak; and there they not only hear nonſenſe, but that nonſenſe retailed out in ſuch ſilly, affected tones, as muſt diſguſt;—yet theſe are the tones which the child firſt imitates, and its innocent playful manner renders them tolerable, if not pleaſing; but afterwards they are not eaſily got the better of—nay, many women always retain the pretty prattle of the nurſery, and do not forget to liſp, when they have learnt to languiſh.
Children
