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 behind their Backs to Allworthy; before whom, when they were alone together, and when his Uncle commended any religious or virtuous Sentiment (for many uch came contantly from him) he eldom fail’d to acribe it to the good Intructions he had received from either Thwackum or Square: For he knew his Uncle repeated all uch Compliments to the Perons for whoe Ue they were mean; and he found by Experience the great Impreions which they made on the Philoopher, as well as on the Divine: For, to ay the Truth, there is no kind of Flattery o irreitible as this, at econd Hand.

The young Gentleman, moreover, oon perceived how extremely grateful all thoe Panegyricks on his Intructors were to Mr. Allworthy himelf, as they o loudly reounded the Praie of that ingular Plan of Education which he had laid down: For this worthy Man having obverved the imperfect Intitution of our public Schools, and the many Vices which Boys were there liable to learn, had reolved to educate his Nephew, as well as the other Lad, whom he had in a Manner adopted, in his own Houe; where he thought their Morals would ecape all that Danger of being cor-