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

All titles

• 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
• Protestant monastery. Abridgments
• Dissertation on the pertness of our youth in general, especially those trained up at tea-tables

People / Organizations

• Daniel Defoe (Author)
• Anne Dodd I ("printed for")
• Elizabeth Nutt ("printed for")

Imprint

London : Printed for A. Dodd near Temple-Bar, and E. Nutt at the Royal-Exchange, 1731.

Added name

Dodd, Anne, bookseller.; Nutt, E. (Elizabeth), active 1720-1738, bookseller.

Publication year

1730

ESTC No.

T71970

Grub Street ID

295524

Description

[2], 24 p. ; 8°.

Note

A friend of the person injured = Daniel Defoe

An abridgment of his 'The protestant monastery', 1726

Published 24 October 1730 (Moore)

Price on title page: (Price Six-pence.); Signatures: [A]]2(-[A]1) B-D]4.