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 Cafe, 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Protestant monastery. Abridgments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Health and hygiene.

Older people.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages,24 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Edition:

The fourth edition. With a preface in vindication of the author.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for A. Dodd near Temple-Bar, and E. Nutt at the Royal-Exchange, 1731 [1730]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

A friend of the person injured = Daniel Defoe.

An abridgment of his 'The protestant monastery', 1726.

Published 17 December 1730 (Moore).

Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Moore, 513

English Short Title Catalog, T6325.

Access Restriction:

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