Some few letters selected from an account of work-houses and charity-schools for employment of the poor in England : with a preface to excite some such application of our charity in Ireland.

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Some few letters selected from an account of work-houses and charity-schools for employment of the poor in England : with a preface to excite some such application of our charity in Ireland.