Chickens feed capons: or A dissertation on the pertness of our youth in general, especially those trained up at tea-tables; with The true picture of a petit maitre, and a modern fine lady; some hints on abuses in education; not forgetting the insolence and scorn with which the generality of young persons treat their elders and betters. Also a very remarkable tragical case, which may serve as a warning to persons in years, how they give the staff out of their own hands, and leave themselves to the mercy of others. Written by a friend of the person injured. With a preface in vindication of the author

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  • Chickens feed capons: or A dissertation on the pertness of our youth in general, especially those trained up at tea-tables; with The true picture of a petit maitre, and a modern fine lady; some hints on abuses in education; not forgetting the insolence and scorn with which the generality of young persons treat their elders and betters. Also a very remarkable tragical case, which may serve as a warning to persons in years, how they give the staff out of their own hands, and leave themselves to the mercy of others. Written by a friend of the person injured. With a preface in vindication of the author
  • Protestant monastery. Abridgments
  • Dissertation on the pertness of our youth in general, especially those trained up at tea-tables
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Imprint
London : printed for A. Dodd near Temple-Bar,, and E. Nutt at the Royal-Exchange, 1731 [1730] The third edition. With a preface ...; ..
Added name
Dodd, Anne, bookseller.; Nutt, E. (Elizabeth), active 1720-1738, bookseller.
Publication year
1730
ESTC No.
N27799
Grub Street ID
17038
Description
[6], 24, [2] p. ; 8°.
Note
A friend of the person injured = Daniel Defoe

With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf

An abridgment of his 'The protestant monastery', 1726

Published on 21 November 1730 (Moore)

Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.