An enquiry into the duties of the female sex / By Thomas Gisborne.

  • Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846.
Date:
1813
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Credit: An enquiry into the duties of the female sex / By Thomas Gisborne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Chap. Paoe. I. Plan of the Work explained. - - l II. General Grounds of the Importance of the Female Character briefly stated. ... 5 III. On the peculiar Features by which the Character of the Female Mind is naturally discriminated from that of the other Sex. - - 7 IV. On Female Education. - - 20 V. On the Mode of introducing Young Women into general Society. - - - 40 VI. On Female Conversation and Epistolary Corres- pondence. - - - - 54 VII. Introductory Remarks on Propensity to Imitation. —On Dress. , - - 62 VIII. On Amusements in general. — Masquerades.— The Efficacy of Individual example considered. 74 IX. Theatrical Entertainments, Musical Entertain- ments, Sunday Concerts, Dancing, Gaming, and Cards.—On Excess in the Pursuit of Amuse- ments. - - - - 87 X. On the Employment of Time. - - 114 XI. Considerations antecedent to Marriage. - 123 XII. On the Duties of matrimonial Life. - 135 XIII. Duties of matrimonial Life continued, with a view to the different Situations and Circumstances of different Individuals. . - - 368 XIV. On Parental Duties. ... I95 XV. Further Remarks on the Duties belonging to the Middle Period of Life. - - 216 XVI. On the Duties of the Decline of Life^—Conclusion. 222