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The Parent's pious gift: or, A present for children. : Set forth in a dialogue between a religious father and an extravagant son. Containing, dispute against bad company, pride, drunkenness, rioous living, and all the vanities of a vicious course of life, for which the young man strongly contended; till by the grace of God, and the eudeavours of his religious father, he was saved from death and destruction, and brought to the hope of life and immortality. Concluding with the young man's Christian courage, and conquest over the tempter, who came to disturb him in his private closet when in tears and repenting. Being excellent pattern to set before all young persons in our present sinful times.
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- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
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- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chapbooks, English--England--Worcester--Specimens.
- Chapbooks, English.
- Youth--Conduct of life.
- England--Worcester.
- Youth--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Youth.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Physical Description:
- 8 pages ; 12⁰
- Place of Publication:
- Worcester : printed for S. Gamidge, at his warehouse, Leech-Street, Worcester, [between ca. 1755 and 1777?]
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- Title continues: "... Containing, a dispute against bad company, pride, drunkenness, rioous [sic] living, and all the vanities of a vicious course of life, for which the young man strongly contended; ... concluding with the young man's Christian courage, and conquest over the tempter, ... Being an excellent pattern to set before all young persons in our present sinful times."
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- Gamidge's earlies dated imprint in the ESTC is 1758 and he is known to have died in 1777
- 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 Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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- English Short Title Catalog, T300265.
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