,libraries47       ,,the  ,academy      
,keeper4   ,price ,one ,shilling        
,,the  ,academy ,keeper3  ,or ,,variety 
of useful  ,,directions  ,concerning the
 ,management of an  ,,academy1  ,,the   
,,terms1 ,,diet1 ,,lodging1             
,,recreation1 ,,discipline1 and         
,,instruction of  ,,young ,,gentlemen4  
,,with ,,the  ,proper ,methods of       
addressing ,parents and ,guardians of   
all ,ranks and ,conditions4  ,,as ,,also
  ,necessary ,,rules for the proper     
,choice and ,treatment of               
,academy-,wives1 ,ushers1 and other     
menial ,servants3 with the ,reasons of  
making them public4  ,quando pauperiem1 
missis ambagibus1 horres2 ,accipe1 qu   
ratione1 queas ditescere4        ,,hor4 
,,london3  ,printed for ,,tho4 ,,peat1  
,no4 #bb4 ,fleet-,street4               
,m4,,dcc4,,lxx4     ,transcriber's      
,note3 ,in the ,contents1 ,chapter ,,ix 
has been changed to read ,ushers only   
and ,chapter ,x1 ,other ,servants1 which
 was not included in the original text1 

has been added4 ,sect4 #ad in ,chapter  
,,ix is missing from the original text4 
,,introduction4   ,after many           
unsuccessful experiments1 made some     
years ago1 to retrieve a declining      
fortune1 ,i was lucky enough at last to 
marry the mistress of a boarding-school3
 her circumstances were not1 indeed1 at 
the time of our marriage1 very          
considerable4 ,but as ,i was neither    
unacquainted with the world1 nor the    
more useful sciences1 by a peculiar     
attention to the tempers of the boys1   
and the dispositions of their parents1  
by a flexibility of face1 for which ,i  
was always remarkable1 the assistance of
 a northern degree1 and a tolerable     
share of assiduity2 ,i soon accumulated 
a large fortune with credit4 ,my eldest 
daughter ,i afterwards married to a     
favourite usher1 resigned to him the    
school1 and for his service drew up most
 of the following rules4 ,after his     
decease ,i favoured many others with a  
copy1 who adhered to them with equally  

great advantage1 and added a few to     
their number3 ,i therefore should not   
acquit myself properly as a citizen of  
the world1 if ,i did not give every one 
an opportunity of seeing them who may   
have occasion to use them4 ,many        
alterations in the mode of education    
render them indeed1 at this time1       
peculiarly necessary4  ,mothers1 not    
school-masters1 have with great         
propriety of late1 the sole direction of
 their children's studies2 as also what 
punishments shall be inflicted on them2 
what diversions must be allowed them2   
what degree of insolence they may       
express to their ushers2 and what       
liberties they may take with their      
school-fellows4 ,these are circumstances
 formerly unknown1 and many1 by a too   
great inattention to them1 and an       
adherence to the ancient plan1 have     
lately been ruined4  ,there is another  
inducement to the publication of these  
rules1 which ,i must not suppress4 ,the 
cause of learning declines with the     

reputation of its friends4 ,and if we   
enquire1 why the character of an        
,academy-,keeper is treated with such   
general contempt1 we shall not find the 
true causes to be either                
superciliousness1 pedantry1 ignorance1  
or venality1 as the world maliciously   
insinuates1 but the modesty of these    
people1 and their disinterested probity2
 by the former of which they have       
unhappily prevented the world from being
 acquainted with their merit1 and by the
 latter prevented themselves from       
emerging out of a state of poverty and  
raggedness1 which in these golden days  
cannot be expected to find much courtesy
 in the world4 ,in retrieving therefore 
their fortunes1 we may not only         
re-establish their characters1 but      
administer relief to learning and       
science1 which have been wounded through
 their sides4  ,nor were these my only  
motives for publishing these papers4    
,another1 and very considerable one1 was
 the good of the public4 ,the parents of

 these times seem duly sensible of the  
advantages of a good education1 and are 
rather desirous of having their children
 instructed in the different branches of
 polite literature1 and genteel         
deportment1 than acquainted with the    
crabbed writers of antiquity1 or the    
useless distinctions and discoveries of 
modern philosophical subtlety4 ,but1 for
 want of proper information1 they know  
not where those several accomplishments 
are regularly taught4 ,these directions1
 therefore1 may be of the greatest      
service2 since by properly enquiring how
 many of them shall be hereafter        
practised at the respective ,academies  
in and near ,london2 parents may        
generally know in what school their     
children are likeliest to receive the   
desired improvements4   ,note4 ,as it is
 not imagined that the following        
,directions are all that may be         
necessary1 whoever amongst my readers is
 kind enough to communicate to my       
bookseller others equally pertinent1 may

 be assured of finding them properly    
noticed in the next edition4  ,a        
,,friend to ,,youth4     ,,contents4    
,page  ,,chap4 ,i4 ,,academy ,,terms1 c4
                                        
#a  ,,chap4 ,,ii4 ,,diet                
#f  ,,chap4 ,,iii4 ,,lodging            
#i  ,,chap4 ,,iv4 ,,recreation          
#aa  ,,chap4 ,v4 ,,discipline           
#ab  ,,chap4 ,,vi4 ,,instruction        
#ae  ,,chap4 ,,vii4 ,,address           
#ai  ,,chap4 ,,viii4 ,,wives            
#ba  ,,chap4 ,,ix4 ,,ushers             
#bc  ,,chap4 ,x4 ,,other ,,servants     
#bg     ,,errors4   ,page  #b4 l4 #h-i4 
,expences is1 for expences are4 -----   
l4 #aa4 charge1 for charges4 ,page  #g4 
l4 #i4 is1 for are4 -----    l4 #aa4    
boulli1 for boulli4 ,page #aa4 l4 #bj4  
month1 for year4 ,page #ae4 l4 #f4 dele 
7see article ,,usher47  ,the reader is  
also desired to excuse a few other      
typographical errors2 as the author     
could not conveniently attend the press4
     ,,directions  ,,to  ,academy       

,keepers4     ,,chap4 ,i4  ,,terms4     
,,sect4 #a4 ,you are desirous of        
engaging in the management of an        
,academy4 ,are you in low circumstances8
 ,are you a broken attorney1 or         
excise-man8 ,a disbanded ,frenchman1 or 
superannuated clerk8 ,offer your service
 for a trifling consideration2 declaim  
on the roguery of requiring large sums1 
and make yourself amends in the inferior
 articles2 quills1 paper1 ink1 books1   
candles1 fire1 extraordinary expences1  
taylors and shoe-maker's bills1 are     
excellent items in academy-accounts4    
,you may charge them as amply as you    
please1 without injury to your          
reputation4 ,the expence in books1      
paper1 c4 is chearfully paid1 as proofs 
of a rapid progress4 ,the charge of     
candles1 fire1 and extraordinary        
expences1 as proofs of your indulgence2 
and no-body will suspect you to be      
partner in your taylor's and            
shoe-maker's bills4 ,this is an approved
 rule1 and practised with success by    

many of my acquaintance4  ,,sect4 #b4   
,but we will suppose you of higher      
character1 and better prospect4 ,we will
 suppose you an emigrant from some      
northern university1 or a tuftless child
 of one of our own1 and to have been a  
considerable time assistant in some     
southern school4 ,twenty-five pounds is 
the least you can ask4 ,nor are you to  
neglect to avail yourself of the        
preceding items2 but deem it a general  
rule that your extraordinary advantages 
are to bear a direct proportion to your 
stated terms4  ,,sect4 #c4 ,if you have 
promised to confine your attention to a 
trifling number2 by advertising that one
 or two are still wanting1 or by        
decreasing your terms1 attempt          
immediately to retract this promise4    
,apply to your first benefactors2 hope  
they will permit you to accommodate a   
few pretty little masters1 sons of ,mr4 
,such-a-one1 who may be of the greatest 
service to you4 ,they will not deny you2
 they will consider it as a proof of    

your rising reputation4 ,you are        
indebted for this judicious rule to the 
late eminent ,mr4 ,jerkham1 who died    
broken-hearted1 as is supposed1 in      
consequence of the ridiculous appearance
 he made in one of our late monthly     
reviews4 ,i mention this melancholy     
circumstance1 that you may avoid his    
fate1 and let your learning be known    
only to your boys2 it will do you most  
service1 be a proof of your modesty and 
attention to your school4  ,,sect4 #d4  
,when advertising for boys does not     
answer1 advertisements for servants may 
probably succeed4 ,the following is an  
approved copy4  ,wanted at an academy   
near ,london three domestics2  ,a       
compleat penman1 accomptant1 and        
mathematician1 with an undeniable       
character3  ,a steady careful person    
capable of teaching the ,english        
language grammatically1 and willing to  
attend the children to bed3  ,a cleanly 
sober wench to look after the children's
 linen1 and do other occasional work3   

,enquire of ,mr4 ,twitch1 broom-maker1  
in ,kent-street4  ,by properly          
publishing advertisements like this1 you
 will seldom fail of attracting the     
attention of the publick4  ,but you may 
want none of these servants4 ,you have  
an easy redress4 ,ask the mathematician 
if he understands ,english1 the         
abecedarian if he understands           
mathematics2 upon these conditions      
promise them each ten pounds a year1    
7board1 lodging1 and washing7 with      
eighteen-penny perquisites1 and you are 
acquitted with credit2 as to the wench1 
if she comes bare-foot1 almost before   
the news-paper appears1 rebuffs of this 
kind are so common1 that you may say1   
without suspicion1 you are engaged4     
,,sect4 #e4 ,if you are at any time     
desirous of enlarging your terms1       
expostulate plentifully on your intended
 improvements1 and the large stipends   
your assistants require4 ,your expences 
are extremely great1 and the business   
above measure fatiguing2 you have been  

long accustomed to children1 and are    
fond of seeing them about you2 and      
indeed otherwise the business would be  
insupportable4     ,,chap4 ,,ii4        
,,diet4   ,among the first articles     
enquired after1 both by parents and     
children1 are those of the table4 ,you  
cannot therefore be too early instructed
 in the desirable art of giving all     
reasonable satisfaction in this matter1 
at the least possible expence4  ,,sect4 
#a4 ,remember then always1 to see the   
fruit-basket amongst your boys before   
dinner4 ,fruit is least prejudicial to  
an empty stomach2 and if the children   
will indulge themselves with biscuit and
 gingerbread1 who can help it4  ,,sect4 
#b4 ,if your number of boys or their    
allowances deserve not a fruit-woman's  
attendance1 your wife may properly      
enough engage in the office2 it will    
prevent the boys from being cheated1 and
 be a proof of her humility4  ,the use  
of some neighbouring tavern may also be 
permitted with caution2 it is an        

indulgence which will not fail to       
conciliate the affection of your leading
 boys4  ,,sect4 #c4 ,if there be no     
considerable parish work-house near you1
 it will be your interest to secure the 
stale loaves and neck-beef2 the former  
is excellent in boiled milk or          
plumb-pudding1 the latter in boulli for 
a ,saturday's dinner4 ,the butchers and 
bakers you must remember have been time 
immemorial the best academy-ticks4      
,,sect4 #d4 ,the worse your fresh joints
 are dressed the better for you2 the    
boys will eat the less1 and it is always
 the cook's fault4  ,,sect4 #e4         
,whenever the boys find fault with the  
quality of your meat1 appear at the head
 of your table1 declare the             
extraordinary price you have given for  
it1 and call your servants to witness   
that you sent for the best in the       
market4 ,whoever replies1 turn him away4
  ,,sect4 #f4 ,i allow of no pies except
 a little before the holidays4          
,delicacies and dainties are not to be  

expected in a school4  ,,sect4 #g4 ,the 
less salt1 vinegar1 pepper1 c4 at dinner
 upon the table1 so much the better2    
boys want no such provocatives4  ,,sect4
 #h4 ,if you oblige your boys to eat all
 you send them1 it will prevent the     
frequent return of their plates1 and    
learn them an excellent custom2 if not1 
what they leave will make excellent     
hashes1 and seem more indulgent3 in this
 point ,i find few who are agreed4      
,,sect4 #i4 ,if you are afraid they will
 eat more than you have provided1 say   
grace4     ,,chap4 ,,iii4  ,,lodging4   
,,sect4 #a4 ,few instructions may       
suffice on this head4 ,the lighter the  
boys are covered1 and the harder the    
bed1 the more natural and more healthy4 
,,sect4 #b4 ,the fewer chamber-pots the 
better2 it will prevent the boys        
catching cold by rising in the night1   
and make them unwilling to drink much   
beer at supper4  ,,sect4 #c4 ,the more  
you put in the bed the better also2 it  
will endear them to each other1 and     

prevent their playing wicked tricks4    
,,sect4 #d4 ,lodge the great boys always
 farthest from you1 it will prevent them
 disturbing you in the night4 ,if they  
lie near the maids1 so much the better2 
the maids may give you proper notice of 
their behaviour4  ,,sect4 #e4 ,your     
usher must always be stowed amongst the 
little boys1 to prevent them from       
tumbling out of bed1 and to help them in
 the night4  ,,sect4 #f4 ,if you allow  
the occasional use of a close-stool1 let
 it be locked up in the garret that they
 may not abuse it4 ,but ,i rather       
approve of their easing themselves in   
some corner of the room1 that they may  
have the less pleasure in resorting     
thither in the day-time1 and tumbling   
the bed-clothes about2 and that their   
mothers1 who always pay a visit to the  
bed-chambers1 may be sensible what      
trouble you have with them4  ,,sect4 #g4
 ,let the beds be always to be made1 at 
the time of undressing4 ,going to bed is
 a thing the boys dislike4 ,this little 

respite1 therefore1 will please them    
mightily1 and they will please the      
maids4     ,,chap4 ,,iv4  ,,recreation4 
,,sect4 #a4 ,the more holidays the      
better2 it will give the boys an        
opportunity of feeding themselves at    
their own expence1 and1 by tasking them 
well1 you will prevent the complaints of
 their parents4 ,but the fewer holidays 
you promise before-hand the more        
prudent2 it will prevent your usher from
 gadding abroad4  ,,sect4 #b4 ,never    
give a holiday on the day appointed for 
the entertainment of your friend2 you   
will have the fewer interruptions1 and a
 good excuse for being absent from your 
school4  ,,sect4 #c4 ,give a holiday    
always on public rejoicing-days2 it will
 be considered as a proof of your       
loyalty2 and let that day of the month  
on which your predecessor died1 be      
always a feast for the boys2 it is a    
tribute due to his memory4  ,,sect4 #d4 
,send your boys always on a holiday to  
see something or other in the           

neighbourhood2 it will please both them 
and their parents1 prevent their lurking
 about the pantry1 and employ your      
ushers4  ,,sect4 #e4 ,boys commonly     
endeavour on these days to dispatch a   
letter or two privately4 ,it will be    
your business to intercept them2 they   
may be negligently written2 there may be
 solecisms in them1 or                  
misrepresentations of facts1 which might
 be displeasing to their friends4       
,,chap4 ,v4  ,,discipline4   ,,sect4 #a4
 ,remember always to exercise your first
 severity on poor people's children1 and
 day-scholars4 ,the first floggings are 
a perpetual disgrace1 and it is but     
reasonable that they should bear it1 by 
whom you are least profited4  ,,sect4   
#b4 ,never punish the favourite of a    
family1 if he have any younger brothers4
  ,,sect4 #c4 ,boys who bear flogging   
best are commonly those who most deserve
 it4 ,if four be accused1 therefore1 he 
who bears flogging best is always in the
 fault4  ,,sect4 #d4 ,if a father gives 

you full power over his son's           
posteriors1 be not afraid to use it1 but
 make him the scape-goat of the school  
as often as convenient4 ,in this1 and   
many other rules1 the reasons are too   
obvious to be particularly noticed4     
,,sect4 #e4 ,no good to be done with a  
boy who has not a good opinion of his   
master4 ,if a boy1 therefore1 accuses   
you1 or your ushers1 of ignorance or    
incapacity1 take the first opportunity  
to expel him1 especially if he be       
clever1 and likely to make a progress1  
in which you may be ill-qualified to    
accompany him4  ,,sect4 #f4 ,insolence  
to ushers is to be punished with great  
caution4 ,this will best maintain a     
proper distinction between you and them4
  ,,sect4 #g4 ,if some untouchable youth
 happens to be detected in expressing   
his insolence1 your wife1 or the person 
he has offended1 must beg him off4      
,,sect4 #h4 ,severe discipline is never 
to be inflicted immediately before the  
school breaks up1 or very soon after the

 return4  ,,sect4 #i4 ,setting a maid   
upon her head1 or pissing upon a        
mistress's new gown1 is a flogging      
matter1 no more2 it might look like     
partiality4  ,,sect4 #aj4 ,the best     
punishment for idleness is confinement  
and short commons4  ,by an adherence to 
this rule you will not endanger the     
children's health2 you will save your   
victuals1 expose your scholars to       
sufficient disgrace1 and give them an   
opportunity of learning their book4     
,,chap4 ,,vi4  ,,instruction4   ,the    
instruction of youth you must commit in 
a great measure to your ushers2 it is   
for this purpose you employ them1 7see  
article ,,usher47 ,but not to omit any  
thing material1 which may concern you1  
take the following rules4  ,,sect4 #a4  
,if your principal boys ask too hard    
questions1 make it a rule never to tell 
them2 it would be excusing them from a  
necessary part of their duty4 ,tell them
 it is easy enough1 and send them back2 
the more pains they take to acquire     

their learning1 the longer they will    
retain it4  ,,sect4 #b4 ,if you be ever 
obliged to have a hard lesson said to   
you1 busy yourself in writing letters1  
or take an occasional nap2 the boys will
 be glad of it1 and it may prevent their
 accusing you of ignorance4  ,,sect4 #c4
 ,never explain a passage in a difficult
 author2 your scholars will hereafter   
have a greater pleasure in making the   
discovery themselves4  ,,sect4 #d4 ,if  
you ever condescend to hear your head   
boys tell them of it2 it will make them 
get their lesson the better1 and thereby
 give you less trouble4 ,if they happen 
to meet with a ne plus ultra1 abuse     
them1 and send them back2 if they       
grumble1 flagellation is necessary4     
,,sect4 #e4 ,if you see a boy sent back 
by an usher1 and the boy cries1 call    
him1 unseen by the usher1 hear him1 and 
let it pass2 it will please the boy     
mightily4  ,,sect4 #f4 ,never let your  
boys get too forward2 the longer they   
stay1 the longer they pay4 ,i have known

 a dozen boys of six years standing in  
an academy1 who neither knew the        
declension or conjugations of their     
accidence1 their multiplication or pence
 table1 or any thing else besides1 which
 they had been sent to learn1 and for   
the learning of which1 some of them to  
my certain knowledge had paid upwards of
 three hundred pounds4 ,what then8 the  
boys are rather slow1 and require time2 
or a little idle1 and will1 it is hoped1
 grow more thoughtful as they grow up2  
or your ushers have neglected their     
duty2 and you have therefore thought it 
necessary to change them4  ,,sect4 #g4  
,in all kinds of ,latin or ,greek       
exercises it is best to mark the faults1
 and let the boys mend them1 it puts    
them on enquiring into the exact meaning
 of the words they use1 and will make   
them more careful of committing         
blunders4  ,,sect4 #h4 ,if your highest 
attainments be only some small          
smattering in the ,english language1 and
 the command of the pen1 it were to be  

wished you could impress upon the boys a
 higher opinion of you than you deserve3
 and1 for this purpose1 ,i know nothing 
better than to inform yourself of the   
merit of the different authors of the   
learned languages4 ,declaim on this     
subject to your boys1 and order all     
their exercises to be publickly         
submitted to your inspection regularly  
every evening4 ,this was an infallible  
rule with our friend ,gerundivy ,leech1 
and he acquired an easy fortune1 has    
taken out his ,dedimus for the county of
 ,wilts1 and lives in great repute4     
,,sect4 #i4 ,if you are a ,dissenter1 or
 a ,roman ,catholic1 you will not fail  
to make the young gentlemen committed to
 your care1 sensible of the truth of    
your particular tenets2 it will prevent 
their being bigots4     ,,chap4 ,,vii4  
,,address and ,,behaviour before        
,parents4   ,,sect4 #a4 ,when a         
gentleman or lady pays you a visit1 run 
out1 the more slovenly the better2 it   
will shew your attention to business1   

and a due sense of the honour they do   
you4 ,it would be proper also that your 
wife hold the door open2 your ushers be 
all ready to bow as they pass2 and that 
your best looking boys be called into   
the parlour4  ,,sect4 #b4 ,if a parent  
unfortunately call to see a boy who has 
been just whipped1 call the boy to you1 
and threaten1 if he promises not to     
behave better1 to tell his parents2 then
 carry him into the parlour1 pat him    
upon the head2 tell them how prettily he
 reads1 that he is sometimes in         
fault--but you never tell1 and he will  
do so no more4  ,,sect4 #c4 ,if a fond  
mother come too often to see a favourite
 child1 never fail to tell her1 how the 
child cries when she is gone4  ,,sect4  
#d4 ,write always to ministers of state1
 and your brethren of the ,birch1 in    
,latin or ,greek1 and the more blunders 
the better2 the former will take them   
for elegances which they have forgot2   
and the latter which they never knew4   
,,sect4 #e4 ,never ask the parents or   

friends of the boys to dine with you4   
,you live upon the fragments left by the
 boys1 and have nothing worth asking    
them to2 it will be a proof of your     
frugality1 and they will the more       
readily pay your demands4     ,,chap4   
,,viii4  ,,academy ,,wives4   ,,sect4   
#a4 ,the properest person is a daughter 
or widow of the trade1 such a one is    
commonly best instructed in the mystery 
of the business1 best able to conciliate
 the affection of the boys1 and make    
most of the children's linen4  ,,sect4  
#b4 ,if such a one cannot be had1 some  
old maiden must be sought for2 she      
probably may have learnt the art of     
frugality1 and if peevish and proud1 the
 more desirable2 you will be liked the  
better1 it will preserve her also from  
being too familiar with the ushers1 and 
she will be more respected by people of 
quality4  ,,sect4 #c4 ,never1 ,i beseech
 you1 attempt to marry a young woman of 
fortune or family4  ,,sect4 #d4 ,never  
allow your wife to contradict you before

 the boys or parents4  ,,sect4 #e4 ,the 
older your wife the better2 she will    
look more motherly1 and take more       
patiently such names as the children may
 wantonly give her4  ,,sect4 #f4 ,never 
let her be humble enough to inspect the 
children's heads2 it will put her too   
much on a condition with the servants3  
and yet she should not be too proud to  
sell them ribbon1 garters1 studds1      
gingerbread1 c4 ,it is a necessary part 
of her duty4  ,,sect4 #g4 ,when you are 
absent she must watch the ushers1 and   
see that they watch the boys1 and cheat 
them not out of their money or          
play-things3 there is no trusting any of
 them4     ,,chap4 ,,ix4  ,,ushers4     
,,sect4 #a4 ,never employ a man of      
abilities if you can help it2 he will   
scarce ever submit to the drudgery of   
your business1 or pay that deference to 
your authority1 which you may find      
necessary4  ,,sect4 #b4 ,the most       
desirable method of procuring ushers is 
by advertisements4 ,none will apply who 

are not in desperate circumstances1 and 
these are your men4 ,if they know little
 it is no great matter2 they will be the
 more diligent3 and should the children 
detect their ignorance1 or the parents  
complain1 you may easily dismiss them2  
others such-like are to be had2 and it  
will shew your friends how desirous you 
are to oblige them4  ,,sect4 #c4 ,when  
your ushers first come1 you must        
endeavour to open their hearts by kind  
treatment4 ,make yourself acquainted    
with their circumstances2 you may then  
more judiciously reduce them to         
trammels4  ,,sect4 #d4 ,it is not your  
interest that the ushers be too intimate
 one with another1 or with the boys2    
they may communicate their respective   
observations2 poison the minds of your  
boys with injurious reflections on your 
character2 or revolt1 and make a        
confusion in your school4  ,,sect4 #e4  
,if a search is to be made after some   
hoards of forbidden dainties1 the       
information must always be declared to  

come from an usher2 it will preserve the
 odium from you3 but the seizure must be
 made by you or your wife2 it will      
afford you an agreeable repast4  ,,sect4
 #f4 ,if a boy be sent home1 whose      
parents are in low circumstances1 the   
usher is the man to accompany him3 he is
 the properest person to inform the     
parents what progress the boy makes3 and
 to send your footman would be making no
 distinction betwixt the children of the
 poor and the rich4  ,,sect4 #g4 ,if a  
beggar appears at the door1 your usher  
is the man to send him away1 both       
because he may be mistaken for the      
master of the house1 and because he     
ought1 whilst the boys are at play1 to  
be always at the door4  ,,sect4 #h4 ,if 
you see an usher writing a letter1 or   
reading in school-time1 send him a boy  
to teach2 it will shew your regard to   
the welfare of your boys4  ,,sect4 #i4  
,never let your ushers have money       
before-hand2 they may abscond3 and you  
may as well seek a criminal in a        

coal-mine1 as an usher in an academy4   
,,sect4 #aj4 ,never introduce an usher  
into company2 it will lessen your       
authority1 and he will undermine your   
credit4  ,,sect4 #aa4 ,let them always  
breakfast with the servants1 or in some 
other equally humble manner2 it will    
keep them at a due distance from you1   
and make them the more thankful for what
 little notice you may think proper to  
take of them4  ,,sect4 #ab4 ,if any of  
them dislike you1 and give you notice of
 their intentions to leave you1 let them
 go the first possible opportunity2 it  
will prevent their behaving awhile      
remarkably well1 and rendering their    
memory grateful to the boys3 it will    
also look as if some quarrel had been   
the occasion of their abrupt departure4 
,,sect4 #ac4 ,never speak well of an    
usher when he is gone1 nor recommend him
 to another place2 if bad he does not   
deserve it2 if good1 it is your interest
 to keep him as long as you can1 and    
never to suppose or allow him good for  

any thing after he is gone4  ,,sect4    
#ae4 ,if an usher have it in his power  
to make advantages of his leisure-hours1
 this must be carefully denied him2 it  
will make him independent4     ,,chap4  
,x4  ,,other ,,servants4   ,this is a   
point of no great consequence4  ,,sect4 
#a4 ,they must be able to live upon     
scraps1 and lie three in a bed4 ,if you 
give them no wages it will oblige them  
to look sharp1 and be upon good terms   
with the boys4  ,,sect4 #b4 ,it will    
always be your interest to have a       
quarrel between the maids and the       
ushers2 it will prevent the latter from 
having more meat and drink than they are
 allowed4  ,,sect4 #c4 ,if your maids   
are taken from taverns or inns so much  
the better2 they will bear with less    
reluctance the innocent freedoms of the 
boys4--,many other rules might be added 
on this head1 but it is needless2 if you
 adhere strictly to those that ,i have  
already prescribed1 you will not fail of
 success2 and indeed ,i am rather afraid

 you will think them already too many   
and too plain1 as well as object to this
 method of conveyance4 ,to which ,i can 
only answer1 that ,i could think of no  
other so generally useful2 and that     
notwithstanding some few cautious       
parents1 or guardians1 may see more from
 it than might be wished2 you1 ,i am    
sensible1 will remember the rules1 when 
they shall have long forgotten for what 
good purposes they were given4          
,lambeth1 ,jan4 #g4 #aggj4  ,the ,e ,n  
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