Note 1 — INTRODUCTION.
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The author does not apprehend it makes againſt her general poſition, that this nation can boaſt a female critic, poet, hiſtorian, linguiſt, philoſopher, and moraliſt, equal to moſt of the other ſex. To theſe particular inſtances others might be adduced; but it is preſumed, that they only ſtand as exceptions againſt the rule, without tending to invalidate the rule itſelf.