The TRIFLER. [NUMBER I.]
CAST your eyes upon paper, madam; there you may lock innocently, said a polite old gentleman of my acquaintance to me, one day, in the […]
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THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA
HARRIOT and Sophia were the daughters of a gentleman, who, having spent a good paternal inheritance before he was five and thirty, was reduced to […]
THE HISTORY OF THE DUTCHESS of BEAUFORT.
IT has been asserted by the enemies of our sex, that it is the fear of shame which keeps many women virtuous. Had those detractors […]
THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE.
Written by himself. THE house of Comminge, from which I am descended, is one of the most ancient and illustrious in the kingdom; my great […]
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES.
INTRODUCTION. IN the enumeration of those studies which the fair sex may properly be permitted to employ some part of their time in an application […]
THE LADY’S GEOGRAPHY.
DOWNLOAD/PRINT PDF OF INSTALLMENT AS we have before observed that it shall be our endeavour in the progress of this work to render it as […]
The following Essay, on the original inhabitants of Great Britain, is the composition of a nobleman, distinguished for his genius, taste, and learning.
AN ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of GREAT BRITAIN.
THE history of every nation in the world begins in a dark and fabulous manner: nor can any history be more obscure than that of […]
[The following Treatise on the Education of Daughters is written by the celebrated Archbishop of Cambray, and translated by a Friend of the Author of the Museum.]
CHAP. I. Of the Importance of the Education of Daughters. NOTHING is more neglected than the education of daughters; custom, and the caprice of mothers, […]
THE HISTORY OF BIANCA CAPELLO.
ABOUT the middle of the sixteenth century, amongst many Florentine merchants, who resided in the celebrated city of Venice, was, a company of bankers, called […]
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 […]