The Pleasing Instructor: Or, Entertaining Moralist. Consisting Of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories, Collected From The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on Education. Designed for the Use of Schools, as well as the Closet; with a view to form the rising Minds of the Youth of both Sexes to Virtue, and destroy in the Bud, those Vices and Frailties, which Mankind, and Youth in particular, are addicted to. The Fifth Edition, Enlarged and Improved.

ID	15777
Title	The Pleasing Instructor: Or, Entertaining Moralist. Consisting Of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories, Collected From The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on Education. Designed for the Use of Schools, as well as the Closet; with a view to form the rising Minds of the Youth of both Sexes to Virtue, and destroy in the Bud, those Vices and Frailties, which Mankind, and Youth in particular, are addicted to. The Fifth Edition, Enlarged and Improved.
Contributors	Fisher Slack, Ann (Author) Hawes, Lacy (Publisher)
Signed Author	[Anonymous]
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Firms	George Robinson and John Roberts (Publisher) Lacy Hawes and Co. (Publisher) Thomas Slack [Union Street] (Publisher)
Self-published	No
Volumes	1
Pagination	368
Date of Publication	1766
Edition Statement	The Fifth Edition, Enlarged and Improved.
Edition Number	5
Date of First Publication	1756
Imprint	Printed for G. Robinson and J. Roberts, and L. Hawes and Co. in Pater-noster-Row; and T. Slack, in Newcastle.
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Location of Printing	London GB

Format	Duodecimo (12mo)
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Genre	Education
Sources	British Library: http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01018439763 Google Books: https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Pleasing_Instructor_Or_Entertaining/6miSVa_1O7EC
Shelfmarks	BL 1507/38.
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Fisher Slack, Ann. The Pleasing Instructor: Or, Entertaining Moralist. Consisting Of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories, Collected From The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on Education. Designed for the Use of Schools, as well as the Closet; with a view to form the rising Minds of the Youth of both Sexes to Virtue, and destroy in the Bud, those Vices and Frailties, which Mankind, and Youth in particular, are addicted to. The Fifth Edition, Enlarged and Improved.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 15777, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/15777. Accessed 2024-11-24.

Fisher Slack, Ann. The Pleasing Instructor: Or, Entertaining Moralist. Consisting Of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories, Collected From The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on Education. Designed for the Use of Schools, as well as the Closet; with a view to form the rising Minds of the Youth of both Sexes to Virtue, and destroy in the Bud, those Vices and Frailties, which Mankind, and Youth in particular, are addicted to. The Fifth Edition, Enlarged and Improved. London: George Robinson and John Roberts, Lacy Hawes and Co., Thomas Slack [Union Street], 1766.

Fisher Slack , A. (1766). The pleasing instructor: or, entertaining moralist. consisting of select essays, relations, visions and allegories, collected from the most eminent english authors. to which are prefixed, new thoughts on education. designed for the use of schools, as well as the closet; with a view to form the rising minds of the youth of both sexes to virtue, and destroy in the bud, those vices and frailties, which mankind, and youth in particular, are addicted to. the fifth edition, enlarged and improved. London: George Robinson and John Roberts. Lacy Hawes and Co. Thomas Slack [Union Street]

Fisher Slack, Ann. The Pleasing Instructor: Or, Entertaining Moralist. Consisting Of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories, Collected From The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on Education. Designed for the Use of Schools, as well as the Closet; with a view to form the rising Minds of the Youth of both Sexes to Virtue, and destroy in the Bud, those Vices and Frailties, which Mankind, and Youth in particular, are addicted to. The Fifth Edition, Enlarged and Improved. London: George Robinson and John Roberts, Lacy Hawes and Co., Thomas Slack [Union Street], 1766.

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