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The Parish Register by George Crabbe
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"THE PARISH REGISTER", by GEORGE CRABBE (1754-1832) {1}
IN THREE PARTS.




PART I.



Tum porro puer (ut saevis projectus ab undis,
Navita) nudus humi jacet infans indigus omni
Vitali auxilio, -
Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut aequum est,
Cui tantum in vita restat transire malorum.
LUCRETIUS, De Rerum Natura, lib.5

THE ARGUMENT.

The Village Register considered, as containing principally the
Annals of the Poor--State of the Peasantry as meliorated by
Frugality and Industry--The Cottage of an industrious Peasant; its
Ornaments--Prints and Books--The Garden; its Satisfactions--The
State of the Poor, when improvident and vicious--The Row or Street,
and its Inhabitants--The Dwellings of one of these--A Public House--
Garden and its Appendages--Gamesters; rustic Sharpers &c.--
Conclusion of the Introductory Part.

BAPTISMS.

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