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for ever ; and the next moment, forgetting them en« 

 tirelj, indulge himfeif in every excels of ienfual grati- 

 fication. 



And doft thou not, my gentle reader, whoever thou 

 art, in fome meafure participate in his guilt, if thou 

 never fpendeft a thought on the miferies of thofe who 

 areihut up from their families and friends in the man- 

 fions of forrow, provided in every town for the punifh- 

 ment of the guilty. Would to God I could fay of the 

 guilfy alone I But I niuft add, for the deftruction of 

 the unfortunate. The beneficent Howard acquired that 

 enthuiiafm of philanthropy for which he was fo remark- 

 ably diitinguilhed, merely by vifiting thefe unfortunate 

 manfions. Nor could any one whofe foul was not 

 grown callous in iniquity, have done as he did, with- 

 out having felt a fenfatlon of the larne kind that ani- 

 mated him. It is merely becaufe the miferable objefts 

 are not feen, that they are not attended to ; and it is 

 becaufe they are not attended to alone, that fome me- 

 thod is not adopted for freeing them from the intoler- 

 able didrefTes under which they groan ; and that a 

 praclice is tolerated in Europe which is the opprobrium 

 of thofe who call themfelves a civilized people. 



But I have dwelt perhaps too long on this melan- 

 choly fubject. I therefore relinquiila it for the prefent. 

 O that it were in my power to fuggeft a means of alle- 

 viating this evil; for to prevent it entirely, I fear, is im- 

 poffible I That the evil may be diminifhed, is certainly 

 in our power j an attempt to do it deferves to be re - 

 ceived with favour. In the hope that it will be fo by 

 my readers in general, I lliall perhaps venture on an 

 early occafion to fuggeft fome hints calculated for that 

 purpofe. A. 



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