Friday, January 24, 2014

Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood, No. 1 Printed in The New-England Courant, April 2, 1722. To the Author of the New-England Courant. Sir, It may not be improper in the first rate to inform your Readers, that I intend once a two weeks to present them, by the Help of this Paper, with a short Epistle, which I presume will add somewhat to their Entertainment. And since it is observed, that the Generality of People, straight a days, argon unwilling either to commend or dispraise what they read, until they argon in some measure well-advised who or what the Author of it is, whether he be poor or rich, old or young, a Schollar or a welt Apron Man, &c. and give their Opinion of the Performance, according to the Knowledge which they look at of the Authors Circumstances, it may not be awry(predicate) to begin with a short Account of my past aliveness and present Condition, that the Reader may not be at a Loss to judge whether or no my Lucubrations are worth his reading. At the time of m y Birth, my Parents were on Ship-board in their trend from London to N. England. My Entrance into this troublesome World was attended with the dispute of my mother, a Misfortune, which tho I was not then coterminous of knowing, I shall never be able to for ram; for as he, poor Man, stood upon the Deck rejoycing at my Birth, a merciless diverge entred the Ship, and in one Moment carryd him beyond Reprieve. Thus, was the first Day which I saw, the last that was seen by my flummox; and thus was my disconsolate Mother at once do both a Parent and a Widow. When we arrived at chief city of Massachusetts (which was not long after) I was establish to treat in a landed estate Place, at a slight length from the Town, where I went to School, and past my Infancy and Childhood in narcism and Idleness, until I was bound out Apprentice, that I baron no longer be a Charge to my impoverished Mother, who was put to hard Shifts for a Living. My Master was a Country Minister, a piou s good-naturd young Man, and a Batchelor: he! labourd with all his Might to instil vertuous and godly...If you trust to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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