"[I]t ought rather to be a Rule with Parents, who shall chastize their Children, to conquer what would be extreme in <i>their own</i> Passion" rather than to defer punishment
Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded. [6th ed., 4 Volumes]
<u>Pamela</u> in four volumes: 17 entries in ESTC (1741, 1742, 1746, 1754, 1762, 1767, 1771, 1772, 1776, 1785, 1792, 1795).<br>
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First edition published in two volumes  on 6 November, 1740--dated 1741 on the title page. Volumes 3 and 4 were published in December 7, 1741 (this sequel is sometimes called <u>Pamela in her Exalted Condition</u>). ESTC quotes Sale: "The third edition of Vols.III and IV was published with the sixth edition of Vols.I and II in May, 1742."<br>
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Text from <u>Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded. In a series of Familiar Letters From a Beautiful Young Damsel to her Parents: And afterwards, In her exalted condition, between Her and Persons of Figure and Quality, upon the Most Important and Entertaining Subjects, In Genteel Life. In Four Volumes. Publish'd in order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. The Sixth Edition, Corrected. And Embellish'd with Copper Plates, Design'd and Engrav'd by Mr. Hayman, and Mr. Gravelot</u> (London: Printed for S. Richardson; And Sold by J. Osborn in Pater-noster Row; and John Rivington, 1742). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T128629">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004873067.0001.003">Link to vol. III in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004873067.0001.004">Link to vol. IV</a>&gt;<br>
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 All searching was originally done in Chadwyck Healey's eighteenth-century prose fiction database through Stanford's HDIS interface. Chadwyck-Healey contains electronic texts of the original editions (1740-1741) and the 6th edition (1742).