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Title:  A serious proposal to the ladies, for the advancement of their true and greatest interest by a lover of her sex.
Author: Astell, Mary, 1668-1731.
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in it, but because we are unacquainted with the Joys of Vertue.Add to this the hurry and noise of the world, which does generally so busy and pre-ingage us, that we have little time, and less inclina∣tion to stand still and reflect on our own Minds. Those impertinent Amusements which have seiz'd us, keep their hold so well, and so constantly buz about our Ears, that we cannot attend to the Dictates of our Rea∣son, nor to the soft whispers and winning persuasives of the divine Spirit, by whose assistance were we dispos'd to make use of it, we might 0