ouse in_ London, _and let Lodgings to us Members
of Parliament_, when we come to Town; and such a _pretty Daughter_ as
you may pass for, will always _fill her House_, and she'll get a great
deal of Money.'

This Compliment was a little of the grossest for a fine Gentleman! But
the Heightening is still behind: After some little tart Repartees and
Sallies aiming at Wit, the Author seems to indulge his Genius with all
the Rapture of lascivious Ingenuity: _p._ 84, 85. 'I wish, said he,
(I'am almost ashamed to write it, _impudent Gentleman_) I wish, I had
thee as QUICK ANOTHER WAY, as thou art in thy Repartees.----And he
laugh'd, and I snatch'd my Hands from him, and I tripp'd away as fast I
could. _Ah! thought I marry'd?_ I'm sure _'tis Time you were married_,
or at this Rate no honest Maiden ought to live with you!' Here's Virtue
encouraged with a Vengeance and the most obscene Idea express'd by a
double Entendre, which falls little short of the coarsest Ribaldry; yet
_Pamela_ is designed to _mend_ the _Taste_ and _Manners_ of the Times,
and _instruct_ and _encourage Youth in Virtue_; if that were the Case
there was no absolute Necessity in my Opinion for the inserting of this
Passage. How artfully is the Turn of the Entendre wrought up for the
INSTRUCTION of both _Sexes_. The young Gentleman will find the Squir's
Wish to be, that his beloved _Pamela_ would quite the _cold Air_ of a
reserved Modesty, immediately yield to his Wishes, and meet him in an
_amorous Conflict_, with all the _Vivacity_ that simple Nature
unrestrain'd by Art could inspire. And little Miss, who just begins to
sigh and wish for she knows not what, will be encouraged to wish for a
Husband, and think a _double Entendre_ strictly virtuous, even tho' it
turns upon the _Closet Commerce_ between the Sexes: And should any one
intrusted with her Education inform her that she is in the Wrong, or
strive to check the rising Passion; may she not pertly answer. _Why
sure! There's no Harm in it, for_ Pamela _does so; there are several
such Things in that_ good Book, _and my_ Mother _recommended me to the
reading of it, nay, and the_ Parson _says it is the_ best Book in the
World _except the_ Bible.

Miss _Pamela_ tho' very angry with her Master, yet in some Measure seems
to be very fond of excusing him: 'He's very wicked indeed, says she, but
then there are others as bad, 'tis Time he was married truely; for he
grows so rampant he'll overrun the Parish else, but