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.
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
- Date:
- 1731 [1730]
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Also known as
Protestant monastery. Abridgments
Publication/Creation
London : printed for A. Dodd near Temple-Bar, and E. Nutt at the Royal-Exchange, 1731 [1730]
Physical description
[4],24,[2]p. ; 80.
Contributors
Edition
The fourth edition. With a preface in vindication of the author.
References note
Moore, 513
ESTC T6325