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Show before, publilhed under a difguifed puffing Iitle, in which not a Word of tha t I had pu t to it, was left, fo th at I did not know it fo r my own Book, when 1 f.:tw it adve ni fCd in the Paptrs ; that it was fe lling by Dozens to give away ; and that Refl exions were very liberally thrown upon me on the Occalion, by fome who happened to know I was the Author of it; and fupp' fed that all th is was done with my K nowled ge anJ Confent, and that the .n ~w mo?e~ T1de was of my own penning. I had ongmally l!ltit lcd the Piece : D iretliom, prut.'e ·f;a/, mt;ral, 'rtli'gious, ami Jc ientijic, for the Ujt of the Yc uib educated at a Bomaing-jchool mar London. Being tbe M r.jler't Farcu·e/1 Pr~(ent to his Fupils, rm their remov ir1g from ur.der his Care. I nfiead of which f, to my grc;.t fv1 ort ifl cation, faw my poor little Bo0kUi.P"raccd \''llh the foll owing hornble Heap of D~mb~ f!, by \-\ "Y ot I itle: Youth's fritn rlf;• M or.itor, or, 'Ihe rjjt ,'lhr.ate Sch,./-,r.aj/er. C,w a;,,;. g bis loft p" tlet" f. ~twef L eElurt to his JOUng P uf'i ls, c,n their Entnace iuto a bufy l f/orld, au/ thri• dil'grnt p,,,Juit after li<W Et!lp~oymmts . Togttker 7.Litb a j udi. ~ot.s P ;.'/·ript, pomtmg out, f or tl:ezr firio!o Pn•1 i, JUcb ;wticular Books as 11t11) l nect:Jfin·il; u /, ;ge tl11 ir l rlfas, and ftrn! :heir A4 inds .. to rm car{1 ]~,gm ·d jo r/1/rtJJ~ ana Rehgzw. And fur a l\1uu ~~, infl r ~d l l f three P aflagts from Til!otfin , Lo,·k,, nnci J.0o.l(tt<ian *, • T he good Education of lh1l d:Tn cor.ftfl:~ in end ea-. vouring, \Vith th ~: g 1 t: :•tefi (. . 1 t· >1 nd }', udt- 11tc, w f4..rm their Manners to J{d·ginn <tnd \ utu;,: . 'T1t1; t;o11 . 'll~c takwg a 'l a::c of cvtr)" fl . . d I\. n-..v. kdge js certamly very neccfJary t<. fo; r, tht- :V>nd 1,nd .i:; the only Way w give the Unde r:~an cl:r.g n ~ Cue Jmpro\"C• ment to the utmo.!l: E.xtcnt of 1t~ Capacity. Lodu . the 'J'o the R E A D E It. the two following llovenl y L ines from the very Author, whofe Works in general I look upon as the molt oppolite that can be imagi ned to every good Purpofc of Education ; C hildren, like tender olicrs, take the bow, And as they firft are falhion'd always grow. DRYDEN. I believe no Man, who h as any Regard for hi s . C haraCte r, on which his Ufcfulnefs in great Mcafure depends, could bear to be thought capable of putting fuch a T1tle as this to fuch a P iece, and of celebrating his own Work as aj}ectionate, pat hetic, and j udicious. Bot in this Light was I exhibited to the Public by Mr. Read ; for that is the Name of the P crfon, who fuft did me the Favour of Printing my Book for me, without my K nowledge. The M an bein ~ however an O bj eCt of P 1ty, as he was drowned in D ebt, and has accord ingly Iince been in Prifon on that Account, I fhould have been willing to connive at h is getting a Trifle by it, had he no way di sfi gured it, or difgraced me. I therefore delircd Mr. Strahan, who pri nted it at firfl, to c<11l upon him, and afk h im, how he came to be guilty of fu ch a notorious Invafion of another's Property. To whic h he anfwered very f.t ucily ; but how-lpft pra>ccf!or malta dicat, qu~, etc. In Engli fh , Let the Mall:.:r himtCif give a Va riety of Precepts, which the Youth may carry away wi th them For, though reading furni fhes enough of Exa mples for their Jmitation ; the InllruHiom given by the Maller are the moil effctl. ual1 as the Pupils, if rightly educated, will both love and reverence him. ~intilia11. ever,. |