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                                  THE
                           FABLE OF THE BEES;

                                  OR,
                     PRIVATE VICES PUBLIC BENEFITS:

                            WITH AN ESSAY ON
                      CHARITY AND CHARITY SCHOOLS,

                           AND A SEARCH INTO
                         THE NATURE OF SOCIETY:

                                 ALSO,

        A VINDICATION OF THE BOOK FROM THE ASPERSIONS CONTAINED
            IN A PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY OF MIDDLESEX,
                  AND AN ABUSIVE LETTER TO LORD C----.


                                LONDON:

          PUBLISHED BY T. OSTELL, AVE-MARIA LANE, LONDON, AND
                      MUNDELL AND SON, EDINBURGH.

                                 1806.








CONTENTS.


PART I.

                                                       Page
    Preface,                                            iii
    The Grumbling Hive; or Knaves turn'd Honest,          1
    The Introduction,                                    12
    An Inquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue,          13
    Remarks,                                             23
    An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools,            155
    A Search into the Nature of Society,                205
    A Vindication of the Book, from the Aspersions
    contained in a Presentment of the Grand Jury of
    Middlesex, and an Abusive Letter to Lord C----,     237


PART II.

    Preface,                                            261
    The First Dialogue,                                 279
    The Second Dialogue,                                302
    The Third Dialogue,                                 331
    The Fourth Dialogue,                                366
   