Obsolete Ideas; in six letters addressed to Maria. By a Friend

affliction againſt aged poor almoſt amiable bad education beſt beſtow better bleffing cafe caufe cauſe chafte woman circumftance comfort command confider converfation courſe daſhing daugh dear Maria defire diffipation drefs duty evil exprefs faid fame feducer feelings fenfe fenfible fervants fhall filial fingle firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes forrows foul fpeak fubject fuch fuffering fuperiors fupport give heart herſelf hoary head honour houfe houſe huſband idea inftance James fays juft labour ladies laſt libertine married Mary mifery mind moft moſt mother muft muſt never obfervations old maid paffed parents pariſh pious pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent pride racter raiſed reafon receive refpect rience ſay ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpent ſtage ſtate ſtep tender thankfulneſs themſelves thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion underſtand uſe whofe wife wiſdom wiſh woman of character women worfe worthy young perfons yourſelf