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Pleasures. Betty is hospitable to Prodigality, lavish to Folly,
and thinks nothing a Pleasure that others don't share in. Hence it comes,
that the first loves her Money above all things, the second less than any
thing she has any value for at all; that one is anxious to get, the other in
haste to spend. Blanch has a good Understanding, but does not know
the World, and is commonly choused by her Neighbours. Betty has no
Opportunity of knowing the World, as her Sister won't let her go much
abroad or converse with the Neighbours; she has but little Experience,
and, to be sure, is not very wise, but is the quickest in the World at
finding out a Fool. The elder
is cautious, and hides carefully every
Fault she is conscious of; the younger is not conscious of any Fault of
Folly whatever; so they all come out in her communicative Fits, which
seize her as often as she gets a Stranger to talk to. Blanch is the more
censorious, and Betty the greater Liar.

If either of the Ladies think the Picture not like, let them call to mind
the Story of a famous Painter, who had drawn the Portrait of a young
Man, whostood very well with himself, but didn't please him. "You
have drawn me," said he, "exactly the Reverse of every thing I am." If it
be so, replied the Painter, that must be your Likeness, and set the
Picture on the Head.
FINIS.

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