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 The Letter-Writer. 11 Reflect, I beſeech you, before it be too late, upon the inconveniences which an impoverithed trader is put to, for the remainder of his life, which too, may happen to be the prime part of it; the indigoitics he is likely to ſuffer from thoſe whoſe money he has unthinkingly ſquandered; the contempt he will meet with from all, not excepting the idle compa- nions of his folly; the injuſtice he does his family, in depriving his children, not only of the power of raiſing themſelves, but of living tolerably; and how, Did the contrary, from being born to creditable ex- pectations he fiks them into the loweſt claſſes of mankind and cxpoles them to the moſt dangerous temptations What has not ſuch a father to an- ſwer for! and all this for the ſake of indulging him- ſelf in an idle, a careleſs, a thoughtleſs habit, that cannot afford the leaſt fatisfaction beyond the pren. fent hour, if in that; and which mu't be attended with deep remorſe, when he comes to reflect. Think ſeriouſly of theſe things, and in time, reſolve on ſuch a courſe as may bring credit to yourſelf, juſtice to all you deal with, peace and pleaſure to your rind, comfort to your family, and which will give, at the ſame time, the higheſt ſatisfac- tion to, Your careful and loving Father.

To a Friend, on occaſion of his not anſwering hiſ Letters.

Dear Sir, IT is so long ſince I had the favour of a line from you, that I am under great apprehenſions in relation of your health and welfare. I beg you, Sir, to renew to me the pleaſure you uſed to give me in your correſpondence ; for I have written three letters to you before this, to which I have had