OR, VIRTUE REWARDED. IN A SERIES OF FAMILIAR LETTERS FROM A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG DAMSEL TO HER PARENTS: And afterwards, IN HER EXALTED CONDITION, BETWEEN √ HER, AND PERSONS OF FIGURE AND QUALITY, UPON THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ENTERTAINING SUBJECTS, IN GENTEEL LIFE. PUBLISHED, In order to cultivate the Principles of VIRTUE, VOL. III. THE TWELFTH EDITION. LONDON: Printed for W. STRAHAN, J. F. and C. RIVINGTON, M.DCC.LXXXV, THE Two former Volumes of PAMELA met with a Success greatly exceeding the most fanguine Expectations: And the Editor hopes, that the Letters which compofe thefe, will be found equally written to NATURE, avoiding all romantic Flights, improbable Surprises, and irrational Machinery; and that the Paffions are touched, where requifite, and Rules, equally New and Practicable, inculcated, throughout the Whole, for the General Conduct of Life: And, therefore, be flatters himself, that they may expect the good Fortune, which few Continuations have met with, to be judged not unworthy the First Part; nor difproportioned to the more exalted Condition in which PAMELA was destined to fbine, as an affectionate Wife, a faithful Friend, a polite and kind Neighbour, an indulgent Mother, and a beneficent Mistress; after having in the Two former Volumes fupported the Character of a dutiful Child, a fpotlefs Virgin, and a modeft and amiable Bride. The |