"The Observations to be made, by that Means, refine the Understanding and improve the Judgment, as something is to be gathered from the various Dispositions of People in the highest and lowest Stations of Life; which Persons of Reflection may render greatly con|ducive, in clearing and purging themselves of those Dregs of Learning which too often, for Want of this Method of purifying the Mind, reduces many a fine Genius to four Pedantry and ill Humour, that makes them uneasy to themselves, and obnoxious to all who converse with 'em."
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke
See <u>A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke: (Youngest Daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq.)</u> (London: Printed for W. Reeve; A. Dodd; E. Cook, 1755). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004842197.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;