Nine "lectures" given by fictional schoolgirls to their companions, usually consisting of a story exemplifying a philosophical concept or a virtue or a vice; their governess follows each lecture with a moral synopsis.
"Let us beat this ample Field,
Try what the Open, what the Covert yield;
Eye Nature's Walks, shoot Folly as it flies,
And catch the Manners living as they rise."
Language
English
Pages
104
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 1770
The Little Female Orators; or, Nine Evenings Entertainment, With Observations
Nine "lectures" given by fictional schoolgirls to their companions, usually consisting of a story exemplifying a philosophical concept or a virtue or a vice; their governess follows each lecture with a moral synopsis.
"Let us beat this ample Field,
Try what the Open, what the Covert yield;
Eye Nature's Walks, shoot Folly as it flies,
And catch the Manners living as they rise."