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are treated with lenity ; and not till the highest 

 degree of politeness, that they are permitted to 

 share in all the privileges of man. The first im- 

 pulse of savage nature is to confirm their slavery ; 

 the next, of half barbarous nations, is to appro- 

 priate their beauty ; and that of the perfectly 

 polite, to engage their affections. In civilized 

 countries, therefore, women have united the 

 force of modesty to the power of their natural 

 charms ; and thus obtain that superiority over 

 the mind, which they are unable to extort by 

 their strength. 



END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 





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