LXXIV.
Behave thy self so in thy family, that those below thee may both love and fear thee; be not too familiar with thy servants, neither let
Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
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- Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
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- 1664.
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"Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26441.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 25, 2024.
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them be privy to thy secrets. This were to change the relation, and make thy self the servant; and those whom thou darest not dis∣please, will dare to displease thee. Keep a di∣stance with discretion; that others may know their places, do thou know thine.