THE LADY’S MUSEUM.
BY THE Author of the FEMALE QUIXOTE. VOL. II. LONDON, Printed for J. NEWBERY, in St. Paul’s Churchyard; and J. COOTE, in Pater-noster Row
VOL. 2
THE LADY’S MUSEUM. The TRIFLER [Number VI.]
MADAM, I Take up my pen once more to give you the remainder of my sad story; and am pleased to find that many of […]
TO THE AUTHOR of the TRIFLER.
MADAM, AS you confess that you are not superior to trifles, will you accept of a trifling criticism, which if honoured with a place in […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED
IT was not long before Sophia had an account of Sir Charles’s visit from her mother, who, forgetting the part she had acted before, wrote […]
ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of GREAT BRITAIN, CONTINUED.
THE tranquility of Britain perished with Constantine the Great. He was survived by three of his sons, all men of worthless, or of infamous characters. […]
THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED.
THE meeting between my father and me was, on my side, full of respect, but coldness and ‘I have given you leisure, said he to me, […]
THE HISTORY OF BIANCA CAPELLO CONTINUED.
THE polite behaviour and promises of Mandragone, gave such agreeable hopes to Bianca, that with quite another countenance than before, she renewed her conversation with […]
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS CONTINUED.
CHAP. IV. Cautions concerning Imitation. THE ignorance of children, whose brain hath as yet taken no impression, and who have no formed habits, is what […]
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONTINUED.
The natural History of the Swallow-tail’d Butterfly, and its Ichneumon. IN a former Number of this work, our fair readers may remember we gave them […]
THE LADY’s GEOGRAPHY.
DOWNLOAD/PRINT PDF OF INSTALLMENT The MANNERS and CUSTOMS of the Inhabitants of AMBOYNA concluded. THE People who were looked on as the Origines of these […]
DESCRIPTION of the Island of CEYLON.
DOWNLOAD/PRINT PDF OF INSTALLMENT CEYLAN, Ceilon, or Zeilan, is an island of Asia, in the Indian sea, on this side of the Ganges, near the […]
THE LADY’s MUSEUM.
The TRIFLER. [NUMBER VII.]
MADAM, ONE of your correspondents having given you a most entertaining account of the fair and unfortunate Bianca Capello, give me leave to offer at […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED
WHEN they arrived at Mrs. Lawson’s, Sophia, who little expected such a visit, had wandered, as usual, in the wood, accompanied with Dolly: Mrs. Lawson […]
ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of GREAT BRITAIN, CONTINUED.
IMmediately upon the marriage of Vortigern with the daughter of Hengist, great numbers of the northern nations, under the inclusive title of Saxons, hastened over […]
THE HISTORY OF BIANCA CAPELLO CONCLUDED.
THE furious Buonaventuri would not let her go on; but starting up, and running to her in a fury, said, ‘Go hang yourself, and then howl […]
THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED.
AFTER suffering fifteen days the agonies of a most violent fever, I began, tho’ by slow degrees, to recover. The first thing I did when […]
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS CONTINUED.
CHAP. IV. Indirect Instructions, and that Children ought not to be urged. I AM persuaded it would be right to make frequent use of such […]
THE LADY’S MUSEUM.
The TRIFLER. [NUMBER VIII.]
MADAM, IF the title of a literary performance contributes much to excite the curiosity of the public, I can well suppose that the Trifler is […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED
WHEN Mr. Herbert returned from his walk, and met the curate, and his little family at supper, Sophia, who heedfully observed him, saw an alteration […]
TO THE Author of the LADY’S MUSEUM.
MADAM, THE inclosed little poem was written by the celebrated Earl of Dorset. It was never published, and may possibly be acceptable to some of […]
ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of GREAT BRITAIN, CONTINUED.
OUR modern writers, with indefatigable industry, have given us a most exact historical dictionary of the several Saxon monarchs, who successively reigned in the seven […]
THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED.
‘BE not apprehensive of any harm, said he to me, as he approached; I come by the command of madame de Benavides: she has had […]
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS CONTINUED.
Indirect Instructions, and that Children ought not to be urged. NOW, though we ought not to make a practice of threatning and never punishing, lest […]
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONTINUED.
The Natural History of the EPHEMERON, or DAY-FLY. THERE is nothing more trite and common than the ridicule which persons unused to the study of […]
THE LADY’s MUSEUM.
The TRIFLER. [NUMBER IX.]
Dear Mrs. TRIFLER, I Cannot help suspecting that you artfully mean to cajole your fair readers into sense and seriousness, and that you only bait […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED
THE loss of Sir Charles having clouded all Sophia’s views of happiness, she earnestly intreated Mr. Herbert’s permission to settle herself in that humble station […]
On reading HUTCHINSON on the PASSIONS.
THOU, who thro’ nature’s various maze can’st rove, And shew what springs the rapid passions move; Teach us to combat anger, grief, and fear, Recal […]
SHALUM, Master of MOUNT TIRZAH, to HILPA, mistress of the Valleys.
An Ante-diluvian Love Letter. By a Young Lady. WHAT thought can represent my vast distress? What words the anguish of my soul express, When to […]
HILPA, Mistress of the Valleys, to SHALUM, Master of Mount Tirzah. By the same.
O Shalum cease, nor vainly try to move The heart of Hilpa, to receive thy love. These praises of my form I well could spare, […]
The MORNING. By the same.
THE moon, pale majesty of night, retires, To gild remoter climes with fainter fires: The shadows fly before the breaking dawn, Now rise to view […]
An ODE. By a LADY.
I. AH, why my love that pensive air? Why dost thou droop with secret care? Big tears fall silent from thy eyes, Thy bosom heaves […]
THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONCLUDED.
‘I HAVE some important business, said he, which demands my presence in Saragossa; my health will not permit me to take this journey, I must […]
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS CONTINUED.
Indirect Instructions, and that Children ought not to be urged. THE simple pleasures are less poignant, less affecting it is true, the others transport the […]
ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of Great Britain, CONCLUDED.
HAVING gone through the whole state of the heptarchy, I find, upon a retrospect of that government, that although particular princes are mentioned and particular […]
THE HISTORY OF THE PRINCESS PADMANI.
AKEBAR, the seventh emperor of the Moguls, inherited the virtues and the courage of the illustrious Tamerlane: all the good qualities of the Mogul princes […]
THE LADY’s GEOGRAPHY.
DOWNLOAD/PRINT PDF OF INSTALLMENT DESCRIPTION of the Island of CEYLON. [Continued from Page 480.] THIS country, though mountainous, is watered by a great number of […]
THE LADY’s MUSEUM.
The TRIFLER. [NUMBER X.]
MADAM, IN a life of sixty-four years, alas how times are altered! when I was young, what dread and reverence were paid to omens, dreams, […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED
THE first thought that struck the amazed Sophia was, that Sir Charles, either following the motions of his natural inconstancy, or in revenge of her […]
THE JUDGMENT of PARIS. A POEM.
Sent to the Author of the Lady’s Museum, by a Friend. ‘Nobis forma placet; sapientia, regna, valete.’ DAUGHTERS of Jove, immortal Nine, inspire This artless […]
The following Life of VANDYCK is published from a Manuscript, communicated to the Author of the LADY’s MUSEUM by a Person of Distinction.
THE LIFE OF Sir ANTHONY VANDYCK. ANthony Vandyck was born in the city of Antwe […]p, in the year 1599; his father was a merchant of […]
THE TALE of GENEURA.
From the Italian of LODOVICO ARIOSTO, in the Fifth Book of his ORLANDO FURIOSO. THE noble Rinaldo sailing to England, whither he was sent on […]
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS CONTINUED.
Of the use of History for Children. CHILDREN are very fond of strange stories: it is common to see them in high delight, or in […]
THE LADY’s GEOGRAPHY.
DOWNLOAD/PRINT PDF OF INSTALLMENT DESCRIPTION of the Island of CEYLON. [Continued from Page 720.] ALL the kinds of fruits which the Indies in general produce, […]
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The TRIFLER. [NUMBER XI.]
To the AUTHOR of the TRIFLER. MADAM, MY brother, who is a great scholar, and writes A. M. after his name, desires me to acquaint […]
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN SOCRATES and ARISTARCHUS.
SOCRATES one day observing Aristarchus to look thoughtful and melancholy, said to him, ‘My friend, something seems to lie heavy upon your mind, you should share […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT and SOPHIA CONCLUDED
SOPHIA was not deceived when she imagined she had seen Sir Charles, it was really he who had rode by her window, and it was […]
THE LIFE OF Sir ANTHONY VANDYCK CONCLUDED.
HE drew the marquis Giulio Brignole, a famous poet, on horse-back: he drew also the picture of the marchioness his wife, in which he seemed […]
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS CONCLUDED.
The Vanity of Beauty and of Dress. THERE is nothing we ought so much to guard against as vanity in young ladies. They come into […]
A POETICAL EPISTLE From BUSY, the Lap-dog, in London, to SNOWBALL, the Buck-hound, in Windsor Forest.
June 27, 1760. IF we, like men, could envy and malign, At Nature’s, or at Fortune’s gifts repine; When great be insolent, when little mean, […]
To ISMENE playing on a Lute.
WHEN fair Ismene to the grove retires, And joins her warbling accents to the lyre’s; How sweet th’ enchanting sounds! the melting strains, With pleasing […]
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONCLUDED.
Some reflections and deductions drawn from the works of Nature in general. AS we are now on the point of concluding the present design of […]
THE LADY’S GEOGRAPHY.
DESCRIPTION of the Island of CEYLON. CONCLUDED. THERE are in this island a very particular kind of blackish leaches, which lurk under the grass, and […]