The Fortunate Foundlings, By Eliza Fowler Haywood



















































































































 -  - He represented to
him all the hardships of a soldier, the little regard that was sometimes
paid to merit, and - Page 13
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- He Represented To Him All The Hardships Of A Soldier, The Little Regard That Was Sometimes Paid To Merit, And

Gave him several instances of gentlemen who had passed their youth in the service, and behaved with extreme bravery, yet

Had no other reward than their fears, and a consciousness of having done more than was their duty: in war, said he, the superior officers carry away all the glory as well as profits of the victory; whereas in civil employments it is quite otherwise: in physic, in law, in divinity, or in the state, your merits will be immediately conspicuous to those who have the power to reward you; and if you are desirous of acquiring a name, by which I suppose you mean to become the head of a family, any of these afford you a much greater prospect of success, and it lies much more in my power of assisting your promotion.

To these he added many other arguments, but they were not of the least weight with the impatient Horatio. He was obstinate in his entreaties, which he even with tears enforced, and Dorilaus, considering so strong a propensity as something supernatural, at last consented. - Never was joy more sincere and fervent than what this grant occasioned, and he told his benefactor that he doubted not but that hereafter he should hear such an account of his behaviour, as would make him not repent his having complied with his request.

The preparations for his going to Oxford were now converted into others of a different nature.

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