Introductio ad Prudentiam : Thomas OR, AND CA U TI O N S, T E N D I N G To prudent MANAGEMENT of AFFAIRS in Common Life. BY COMPILED as Doves. The THIRD EDITION. LO N D ON: End of St. Paul's. MDCCXXXI. TO My only Son J. F. DEAR SON, VER since you were born, I have had it at Heart and E B Soul to do you all the Good I poslìbly could. I began very early with you ; for while you were in your Infantile State, and your Brain was as yet dark and void, I endeavour'd to strike Light into it, and furnishit with Simulachra and Ideas of Things. As soon as I found your Mind began to operate, I exercised it a little, put Motion into it, and set Thought a-going. Afterwards, as your Perception and Memory increased, I helped you to A 2 com |