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rascal, will you endeavour to do nothing for the poor beg- 
gar. Then the. heart of the little boy is all on fire to do 
something for his benefactor, and he begs a dinner for 
him, and something for covering his nakednefs in the ri- 
gour of winter. 
Will you give up your own dinner then to day for the 
beggar? Yes, oe to-morrow too, and the day after to- 
morrow too, papa! 
This wasa fine lefson. Leta child be born in whatever 
sank of life he may, we cannot fog often remind him of 
the miseries of life, and the vicifsitude of fortune, or too 
often inculcate the lefsons ot gratitude and of benevolence. 
Again. One cf the girls was particularly fond of 
trappings and drefs. 
One day her mother, after having chid her for this fol- 
ly, orders a fine saddle and furniture to be put upon an afs ; 
and bringing the girl that way, fhe tells her that fhe has 
got a fine little pad to fhow her, and produces the afs in 
gala. 
Dear mama! that a’nt a horse! that’s nothing but the 
milk afs, mama. 
O no my dear, it was the milk afs in the morning, but 
mow you see | have made it a fine pad by putting this 
saddle and furniture opon her. It’s fue clothes you know 
mifs, that distinguifhes you from the poor girls in the vil- 
lage, and soif they had your fine clothes they would be 
fine mifses too, woud’nt they? The girl saw the force of © 
the ridicule immediately, and not long after the force of 
the argument. 
These are, I think, sristak lefsons that are not above the 
capacity of children, and may, when the occasions offer, 
be succefsfully raised in order to inspire them with a love 
of rae and to deter them from the practice of vice. 
Walpole. Gentlemen, your system is good, and your il- 
lustrations are admirable; but how will you contrive ts 
