The Boarding School

ortune, contracted incomes, or troubles in one shape or another, are the origin of almost all female seminaries. I never heard but of one lady beginning a school, and persevering to th

asing eyes, invited confidence and regard from every beholder. She had been a widow several years, and was going to commence a school patronized by respectable friends. I shall not attempt to describe her daughters, for beauty is of so perishable a nature, and of so little value without good qualities, it is b

of the restraint and confinement of a school. But the evening was no

sideration. Elizabeth, you are sometimes a little petulant in temper: remember you must never be rash in deciding, or hasty in punishing; curb the bold, but encourage the timid. We must likewise be cautious to treat the parents of every child with equ

will be necessary to fix children of weak capacit

ned Mrs. Adair; "and always recollect, that 'children

tructed a pupil; there is something contemptible in trying to depreciate the talents of another. We are not to consider ours

ey will think more of the present participle loving than of declining the verb to love. And I trust likewise, my dear mother, that you

es at teaching. But I must caution you never to criticize letters from parents or frie

t too much, or be unreasonable in any

o observe, that we must not think entirely of the time our pupils are to be with us, but extend our thoughts to the period when they will be enabled to judge by what

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