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THE
 
ADVENTURES
 
OF A
 
PINCUSHION.
DESIGNED CHIEFLY
For the use of Young Ladies.
Imagination here supplies
What Nature’s sparing Hand denies;
And, by her magic powers dispense,
To meanest objects, thought and sense.
LONDON.
Printed and Sold by John Marshall, No. 17, QueenStreet, Cheapside; and No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard,in Bow-Lane.
[Price Six-Pence, Bound.]
PREFACE.
The Author of the following sheetsis well aware of the objections whichmay be made to the performance buthopes the candour of the public willexcuse those defects, which the natureof the undertaking rendered it almostimpossible to avoid. The pointed satireof ridicule, which would perhapshave given a zest to those scenes inwhich the subject of these pages wasengaged, was not, in the opinion ofthe writer, at all proper for thosereaders for whom it was solely designed:to exhibit their superiors ina ridiculous view, is not the propermethod to engage the youthful mindto respect: to represent their equalsas the objects of contemptuous mirth,is by no means favourable to the interestof good-nature: and to treat thecharacters of their inferiors with levity,the Author thought was inconsistentwith the sacred rights of humanity.Circumscribed therefore to the narrowboundaries of simple narrative, it hasbeen the design of the following pages,carefully to avoid exciting any wrongimpression, and, by sometimes blendinginstruction and amusement, to makeit the more easily retained.
To multiply incidents in these circumstances,was a very difficult task,especially, as it was wished to makethem arise naturally from the subject;and not obtrude unnecessarily withoutany seeming cause to produce them.The avidity with which children perusebooks of entertainment, is a proofhow much publications proper for theirattention are required. Though thesentiments should be suited to theirsimplicity, they ought to be expressedwith propriety; since a taste for elegancemay be insensibly acquired;and we should always endeavour topresent them with proper models ofimitation. Conscious of the difficultyof the undertaking, the Author ofthese adventures will gladly havedeclined the task, in the expectationof such a work’s engaging the attentionof those, who                        
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