True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words. I would wish her no further a linguist
than to enable her to read books in their originals, that are often corrupted, and always injured, by
translations. Two hours' application every morning will bring this about much sooner than you
can imagine, and she will have leisure enough besides to run over the English poetry, which is a
5 more important part of a woman's education than it is generally supposed. Many a young damsel
has been ruined by a fine copy of verses, which she would have laughed at if she had known it
had been stolen from Mr. Waller. I remember, when I was a girl, I saved one of my companions
from destruction, who communicated to me an epistle she was quite charmed with. As she had a
natural good taste, she observed the lines were not so smooth as Prior's or Pope's, but had more
10 thought and spirit than any of theirs. She was wonderfully delighted with such a demonstration of
her lover's sense and......

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Title: Lady Mary
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