Excerpt from Good Counsel: Or, the Advantages of Useful Employment in Early Life Embellished With Wood Engravings This language he had been used to hear, when he was very young; and his uncle, who was very fond of him, inculca ted much the same notions. A whip he came' his favourite toy and, now that he was of an age to be better employed, he was seldom without one in his hand, with which he used to go about, smacking and lashing whatever came in his way. James Wilson had a little dog, which used to follow him into the grounds, and would lie on his clothes while he was at work, - and remain very quiet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.