Pamela. V.5-13. Clarissa Harlowe. V.14-20. Sir Charles Grandison (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...when I have seen poor babies rolled and swathed, ten or a dozen times round: then blanket upon blanket, mantle upon that; its little neck pinned down to one posture; its head, more than it frequently needs, triple-crowned, like a young pope, with covering upon covering; its legs and arms, as if to prevent that kindly stretching, which we rather ought to promote, when it is in health, and which is only aiming at growth and enlargement, the former bundled up, the latter pinned down; and how the poor thing lies on the nurse's lap, a miserable little pinioned captive, goggling and staring with its eyes, the only organs it has at liberty, as if it were supplicating for freedom to its fettered limbs Nor has it any comfort at all, till, with a sigh or two, like a dying deer, it drops asleep; and happy then will it be, 'till the oflicious nurse's care shall awaken it for its undesired food, just as if the good woman was resolved to try its constitution, and were willing to see how many difliculties it could overcome. _. Then this gentleman advises, that the head and feet should be kept cold; and the latter often used to cold water, and exposed to wet, in order to lay the foundation, as he says, of an healthy and hardy constitution. Now, sir, what:1 pleasure is it to your Pamela, that her notions, and her practice too, fall in so exactly with this learned gentleman's advice; that, excepting one article, which is, that your Billy has not yet been accustomed to be wet-sbod, every other particular has been observed --And don't you see what a charming, charming baby he is P--Nay, and so is your little Davers, for his age--pretty soul Perhaps some, were they to see this, would not be so ready as I know you will be, to...