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measures tending to promote the general good of 

 society. 



The following proposals, which I will suppose to be 

 made by some person of known and respectable charac- 

 ter, who has courage enough to engage in so arduous an 

 undertaking, will show my ideas upon this subject in 

 the clearest manner. Whether they are well founded, 

 must be left to the reader to determine. As to myself, 

 I am so much persuaded that the scheme here proposed 

 by way of example, and merely for illustration, might 

 be executed, that had I time for the undertaking (which 

 I have not), I should not hesitate to engage in it. 



PROPOSALS 



FOR FORMING, BY PRIVATE SUBSCRIPTION, 



AN 



ESTABLISHMENT 



For feeding the Poor, and giving them useful Employment; 



And also for furnishing Food at a cheap Rate to others who may stand in 

 need of such Assistance. Connected with an Institution for intro- 

 ducing, and bringing forward into general Use, new Inventions and 

 Improvements, particularly such as relate to the Management of Heat 

 and the Saving oiFuelj and to various other mechanical Contrivances 

 by which Domestic Comfort and Economy may be promoted. 

 Submitted to the Public, 

 By A. B. 



The author of these proposals declares solemnly, in 

 the face of the whole world, that he has no interested view 

 whatever in making these proposals, but is actuated 

 merely and simply by a desire to do good, and promote 

 the happiness and prosperity of society and the honour 



