"[F]or 'tis a known Observation, that a young Mind is like a white Sheet of Paper, on which may be inscribed the most beautiful Images, as well as the ugliest Deformities."
Remarkable Trials and Interesting Memoirs, of the Most Noted Criminals
<u>Remarkable Trials and Interesting Memoirs, of the Most Noted Criminals, Who Have Been Convicted at the Assizes, the King's-Bench Bar, Guildhall, &C. ... from the Year 1740, To 1764.</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1765). Vol 1 of 2. 