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 rupted, to which they would be unavoidably expoed in any public School or Univerity.

Having therefore determined to commit thee Boys to the Tuition of a private Tutor, Mr. Thwackum was recommended to him for that Office, by a very particular Friend, of whoe Undertanding Mr. Allworthy had a great Opinion, and in whoe Integrity he placed much Confidence. This Thwackum was a Fellow of a College, where he almot entirely reided; and had a great Reputation for Learning, Religion and Sobriety of Manners. And thee were doubtles the Qualifications by which Mr. Allworthy’s Friend had been induced to recommend him; tho’ indeed this Friend had ome Obligations to Thwackum’s Family, who were the mot coniderable Perons in a Borough which that Gentleman repreented in Parliament.

Thwackum, at his firt Arrival, was extremely agreeable to Allworthy; and indeed he perfectly anwered the Character which had been given of him. Upon longer Acquaintance, however, and more intimate Converation, this worthy Man aw Infirmities in the Tutor, which he could have