The Connoisseur 82 (1755) [ Practices ]
… otherwise the time you spend there will be entirely lost; for (as Swift very justly remarks) "all ornamental parts of education are better taught in other places." [p. 81] At the same time I do not mean, that you should commence Pedant, … height of ill-manners. It is hoped, there are but few of them to be met with in a place of sound doctrine and religious education: but wherever they are, they ought to be avoided as much as possible; and if they will force themselves into …
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