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The School of good manners. Containing I. Twenty mixt precepts. II. One hundred and sixty three rules for childrens behaviour. III. Good advice for the ordering of their lives; with a baptismal covenant. IV. Eight wholesome cautions. V. Short, plain, and scriptural catechism. VI. Principles of the Christian religion. VII. Eleven short exhortations. VIII. Good thoughts for children; a compendius body of divinity; an alphabet of useful copies;[.]
Title
The School of good manners. [electronic resource] : Containing I. Twenty mixt precepts. II. One hundred and sixty three rules for childrens behaviour. III. Good advice for the ordering of their lives; with a baptismal covenant. IV. Eight wholesome cautions. V. Short, plain, and scriptural catechism. VI. Principles of the Christian religion. VII. Eleven short exhortations. VIII. Good thoughts for children; a compendius body of divinity; an alphabet of useful copies;[.]
Edition
The fifth edition.
Published
Boston: : Printed and sold by Z. Fowle at his printing-office in Back-Street., 1769.
Physical Description
iv, [1], 6-51, [1] p. : ill. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
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Notes
"The following institutions were compiled (chiefly) by Mr. Eleazer Moodey [i.e., Moody], late a famous school-master in Boston &c."--p. iv of preface, signed: T. [i.e., Timothy] Green. Substantially derived from an English work of the same title written by John Garretson. Cf. Welch 871.
Relief cut portrait on p. ii (Reilly 1580) signed: I.T. [i.e., Isaiah Thomas].
Not in Evans or Bristol.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49346).
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 05, 2007
System details note
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre/Form
Alphabet books - 1769.
Catechisms.
Juvenile literature - 1769.
Prayers.
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United States Massachusetts Boston.
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