THE Lady’s Museum
By the Author of the Female Quixote VOL. 1. London: Printed for J. Newberry in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and J. Coote in Pater Noster Row.
VOL. 1
THE LADY’s MUSEUM.
DOWNLOAD AS I do not set out with great promises to the public of the wit, humour, and morality, which this pamphlet is to contain, […]
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 […]
OF THE STUDIES proper for WOMEN.
Translated from the French.
TO prohibit women entirely from learning is treating them with the same indignity that Mahomet did, who, to render them voluptuous, denied them souls; and […]
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 […]
A SONG, in PHILANDER. A Dramatic Pastoral.
Set by Mr. OSWALD. […] Think what the hapless virgin proves, who loves in vain, yet […] fondly loves; While modesty and female pride, The […]
On reading a POEM written by a Lady of Quality.
I. AFRAID to be pleas’d, and with envy half fir’d, Still wishing to blame, while by force I admir’d, New beauties appearing as farther I […]
To DEATH. An irregular ODE.
I. OH death, thou gentle end of human pain, Why is thy stroke so long delay’d? Why to a wretch, who breathes but to complain, […]
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 LADY’s MUSEUM.
The TRIFLER. [NUMBER II.]
FROM the account I have already given of my temper and inclinations, it will be readily supposed that the love of power, which our great […]
Conclusion of the HISTORY of the DUTCHESS of BEAUFORT
THE Dutchess of Beaufort was not ignorant that the Duke of Sully opposed all her designs; she knew the power which his wisdom and integrity […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED
MR. Herbert having recovered from the astonishment into which he had been thrown by the strange behaviour of Miss Darnley, endeavoured to comfort her mother, […]
AN ACCOUNT OF THE VESTAL VIRGINS.
NUMA Pompilius, the second king of Rome, a man of great virtue, piety, and wisdom, is considered as author of the vestal institution; though there […]
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 […]
OF THE UNIVERSE AS CONSIDERED Under a GENERAL VIEW.
ALthough, as I have hinted above, we do not propose to enter into any regular order with regard to particular details, yet previous to our […]
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 LADY’s MUSEUM.
The TRIFLER. [NUMBER III.]
MADAM, WHEN ‘squire Bickerstaff, in the time of our mothers, such a time as, if their accounts may be trusted, is never likely to return, […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED
SOphia, as if afraid she had said too much, stopped abruptly, and, fixing her eyes on the ground, continued silent, and lost in thought. Mr. […]
TO THE Author of the LADY’s MUSEUM.
MADAM, AS I apprehend the object of this publication is no less the moral than the literary improvement of your sex, permit me, through the […]
THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED.
HEaring her speak with unusual emotion, I approach’d her: she was giving her mother an account of what had happened. Madame de Lussan was 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 TRYAL OF THE MAID OF ORLEANS.
Extracted from the Archives of Normandy, by John Nagerel, canon and archdeacon of the church of Nostre Dame at Rouen. Communicated to the author by a friend.
IN the year one thousand four hundred and twenty nine, a young girl named Jane Taré, of the dutchy of Lorrain, declared she had frequent […]
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONTINUED.
Of the Metamorphoses of ANIMALS, and the several Changes observable in ANIMAL LIFE. THERE scarcely ever perhaps was any system, doctrine, or opinion broach’d with […]
THE LADY’s MUSEUM.
The TRIFLER. [NUMBER IV.]
MADAM, IAM one of your readers, and bear you that sort of good will which we naturally feel for persons who contribute to our amusement. […]
TO THE Author of the LADY’S MUSEUM.
MADAM, THE gaiety with which you set out in your first paper, and the agreeable manner in which you acknowledge your fondness for admiration, persuaded […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED
AS soon as Mr Herbert went away, Harriot, who had been listening, and had heard all that past, entered the room. The virtue and strength […]
TO THE Author of the LADY’S MUSEUM.
MADAM, I HAVE lately been at one of the most awful solemnities in this kingdom, or perhaps in any kingdom in the world; the trial […]
TO THE Author of the LADY’S MUSEUM.
MADAM, WHEN I sent you an account of the trial and condemnation of Lawrence, late earl Ferrers, I did not imagine that I should have […]
ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of GREAT BRITAIN CONTINUED.
FROM this time may be dated the subjection of our island to the Roman emperors, or, more properly perhaps, to their legates, and propraetors. It […]
TO THE Author of the LADY’s MUSEUM.
MADAM, YOUR receiving and publishing the letters of other people, when without foreign assistance your Museum would be much more to the pleasure of your […]
[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 THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED.
I passed the night in the utmost agitation, and after having formed a thousand different projects, all equally fruitless and impracticable, it came suddenly into […]
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONTINUED.
Of the Metamorphoses of ANIMALS, and the several Changes observable in ANIMAL LIFE. BUT the most complete, and at the same time the most universal […]
The Natural HISTORY of the FORMICA-LEO, or LION-PISMIRE.
Nature who has with the utmost care allotted to every species of animals its peculiar place of residence and its peculiar kind of food, has […]
THE LADY’s GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED.
DOWNLOAD/PRINT PDF OF INSTALLMENT Of the MANNERS and CUSTOMS of the Inhabitants of AMBOYNA. THE men and women do not go together to these feasts, […]
THE LADY’s MUSEUM.
The TRIFLER. [NUMBER V.]
THE Arabian proverb, Shut the windows that the house may be light, is supposed to contain some great mystery; and indeed it must be confessed that it […]
TO THE AUTHOR of the TRIFLER.
MADAM, I Thank you for publishing the letter signed Perdita: it was a prelude to my unhappy story, which I am desirous the world should […]
THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT and SOPHIA CONTINUED
DOLLY, though encouraged by the sweet condescension of Sophia, who, to inspire her with confidence, freely acknowledged the situation of her own heart, blushed so […]
TO THE Author of the LADY’s MUSEUM.
MADAM, BEING born a Florentine, though by my marriage and long residence here, I am now become English; I cannot without some jealousy observe, that […]
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 […]
ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of GREAT BRITAIN, CONTINUED.
IN the reign of Commodus, or as Beda places it, in the reign of Aurelius, we are told of Lucius, the first British monarch who […]
TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS.
CHAP. II. The Inconveniences of the common Methods of Education. IT is owing to ignorance that a girl is weary of herself, and knows not […]
THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED.
‘I Would die, said I, rather than displease you; and I will die if you have no pity on me. What can I do? It […]
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONTINUED.
Of the methods NATURE has furnished various ANIMALS withal, to elude the attacks of, and prevent pursuits from, their enemies. IN our last Number we […]
THE LADY’s GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED.
DOWNLOAD Of the MANNERS and CUSTOMS of the Inhabitants of AMBOYNA. AFTER having given some account of the habits, arms, and festivals of these people, […]