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modesty. queries. -^u^- 2^' 



On Modesty. 

 For the Bee 

 Modesty is one of the first ornaments, and one of the 

 most becoming virtues that a human being can pofsibly 

 pofsefs. 'Tis not like a fine poli(hed diamond, which 

 will only picase the eye of its beholders by the vivid- 

 refs of its colours, or by the brightnefs of its reflec- 

 tions J but it likewise can entertain the ear of the per- 

 son that is a connoifseur of good breeding, as well as the 

 eye : for which reason, whenever it makes its appea- 

 rance, 'tis esteemed by the wise, provided it is not ac- 

 companied with tim.orousnefs or morosity, which are de- 

 pravers of genuine modesty. 



There is something modesty comprehends, .which as 

 pow^erfully as the magnet attracts iron, will attract the at- 

 tention and gain the approbation of the beholder, in favour 

 of the harrolefs and gentle creature, who uses it as a rule 

 to drefs, to talk, and to act by. But on the other hand, 

 the woman who does not let modesty operate on her 

 mind, so as to bias or direct the same, whenever flie is in 

 company with those that embellifh themselves with it, Ihe 

 then appears, in similitude, not much unlike the odious 

 weed that we soi-:itimes see peeping amongst a bed o£ 

 charminti llowcrs. F. K. 



Queries. 

 Sir, To the Editor of the Bee. 



Allow me to avail myself of your disposition to render 

 your valuable work of as general utility as polsible, by re- 

 questing you to insert all the information you can collect 

 of the progrefs made in the Briuih Fjflieries, estabU(hed 



