The Guardian - 1767 Author:Richard Steele Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: N 6 Wednefday, March 18. I Have difpatched my young women, and the town has .them among them ; it is neceflary for the elucidation of rny future difcourfes, w... more »hich I defire may be denominated, as they are the precepts of a Guardian, Mr. Ironfide's Precautions : I fay it is, after what has been already declared, in the next place neceflary to give an account of the males, of this worthy family, whofe annals I am writing. The affairs of women being chiefly domeftick, and not made up of fo many circura- ftances as the duties of men are, 1 fear I cannot dif- patch the account of the males under my care in fofew words as I did the explanation which regarded my women. Sir Harry Lizard, of the county of Northampton fon and heir of the late Sir Marmaduke, is now entered upon the twenty-fixth year of his age, and is now at his feat in the country. The eilate at prcien t in his hands is above three thoufand a year after payment of taxes, and all neceflary charges whatfoever. He is a man of good underftanding, but not at all what is ufually called a man of mining parts. His virtues are much greater, than his accomplifhments as to his converfation. But when you come to cjufider his conduft with relation to his manners and fortune, it would be a very great injury not to allow him a very fine gentleman. It has been carefully provided in his education, that he fhould be very ready at calculations. This gives him a quick alarm inwardly upon afl undertakings, and in a much fhorter time than is ufual with men who are not verfed in bufinefs, he is mailer of the queilion before him, and can inilantly inform himfelf with great exaftnefs in the matter of profit or lofs that fhill ariie from any thing propo'ed to him. The fame capacity, joined to an honeft nature, makes him very juft to other me...« less