The Literary Museum, Or Ancient and Modern Repository: Comprising Scarce and Curious Tracts, Poetry, Biography and Criticism (Classic Reprint)

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I Shall not enter into any difpute, whether men, or women be generally more ingenious, or learned; that point mufi be given u to the advantages men have over us education, eedom of converfe, and variety of bu company. But when any compatifon is made between them, great allowances mufi be made for the difparity of thofe cxrcumfiances. Neither (hall I contell: about the pre eminence of our virtues; I know [there are too many vi cions, and I hope there are a great many virtuous of both fezes. Yet this I may fay, that whatever vices are found amongft us, have in general both their fource, and encou ragement from them.

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