especially as every visit is so many hours deductedfrom the grand affair of Education, which I really wish to be attended to, while she remains withMiſs Summers. – I want her to play & sing withsome portion of Taste, & a good deal of aſsurance,as she has [..]my[.] hand & arm, & a tolerable voice.I was so much indulged in my infant years that I was never obliged to attend to any thing, & conse==quently am without those accomplishments whichare now neceſsary to finish a pretty Woman. Not that I am an advocate for the prevailing fashionof acquiring a perfect knowledge in all the LanguagesArts & Sciences; – it is throwing time away; – tobe Mistreſs of French, Italian, German, Music,Singing, Drawing &c will gain a Woman someapplause, but will not add one Lover to her list.Grace & Manner after all are of the greatest im::portance. I do not mean therefore that Frederica's