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THE
FABLE OF THE BEES;
OR,
PRIVATE VICES PUBLIC BENEFITS:
WITH AN ESSAY ON
CHARITY AND CHARITY SCHOOLS,
AND A SEARCH INTO
THE NATURE OF SOCIETY:
ALSO,
A VINDICATION OF THE BOOK FROM THE ASPERSIONS CONTAINED
IN A PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY OF MIDDLESEX,
AND AN ABUSIVE LETTER TO LORD C----.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY T. OSTELL, AVE-MARIA LANE, LONDON, AND
MUNDELL AND SON, EDINBURGH.
1806.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
Page
Preface, iii
The Grumbling Hive; or Knaves turn'd Honest, 1
The Introduction, 12
An Inquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue, 13
Remarks, 23
An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, 155
A Search into the Nature of Society, 205
A Vindication of the Book, from the Aspersions
contained in a Presentment of the Grand Jury of
Middlesex, and an Abusive Letter to Lord C----, 237