Servants were afraid to engage themſelves by the Year, leſt any unforeſeen Accident ſhould leave them Pariſhioners in a Place, where they knew they muſt periſh miſerably; ſo that great Part of the Land lay untilled for ſome Years, which was deemed a juſt Reward for ſuch diabolical Proceedings.
But what, ſays the Reader, can occaſion all this? Do you intend this for Children, Mr. Newbery? Why, do you ſuppoſe this is written by Mr. Newbery, Sir? This may come from another Hand. This is not the Book, Sir, mentioned in the Title, but the Introduction to that Book; and it is intended, Sir, not for thoſe Sort of Children, but for Children of ſix Feet high, of which, as my Friend has juſtly obſerved, there are many Millions in the Kingdom; and theſe
