er may happen to make,
on wrong Heads, or weak Hearts, tho' in Favour of Maids the Reverse
of her Likeness.

What is it then (they may say) that the Lowness, and Distance of
_Pamela's_ Condition from the Gentleman's who married her, proposes
to teach the _Gay World_, and the _Fortunate_?---_It is this_---By
Comparison with that infinite Remoteness of her Condition from the
Reward which her Virtue procur'd her, one great _Proof_ is deriv'd,
(which is Part of the _Moral_ of PAMELA) that Advantages from
_Birth_, and Distinction of _Fortune_, have no Power at all, when
consider'd against those from _Behaviour_, and Temper of _Mind_:
because where the _Last_ are _not added_, all the _First_ will be
boasted in vain. Whereas she who possesses the Last finds _no Want_
of the First, in her Influence.

In _that_ Light alone let the Ladies of _Rank_ look at
PAMELA.---Such an alarming Reflection as that will, at the same time
that it raises the Hope and Ambition of the _Humble_, correct and
mortify the Disdain of the _Proud_. For it will compel them to
observe, and acknowledge, that 'tis the Turn of their _Mind_, not
the Claims of their _Quality_, by which (and which only) Womens
Charms can be lasting: And that, while the _haughty Expectations_,
inseparable from an elevated Rank, serve but to multiply its
Complaints and Afflictions, the Condescensions of _accomplish'd
Humility_, attracting Pity, Affection, and Reverence, secure an
hourly Increase of Felicity.---So that the _moral Meaning_ of
PAMELA's Good-fortune, far from tempting young Gentlemen to marry
_such_ Maids as are found in their Families, is, by teaching Maids
to _deserve to be Mistresses_, to stir up Mistresses _to support
their Distinction_.

[_del._ 4th]

{_We shall only add, That it was intended to prefix two neat
_Frontispieces_ to this Edition, (and to present them to the Purchasers
of the first) and one was actually finished for that Purpose; but there
not being Time for the other, from the Demand for the new Impression;
and the Engraving Part of that which was done (tho' no Expence was
spared) having fallen very short of the Spirit of the Passages they were
intended to represent, the Proprietors were advised to lay them aside.
And were the rather induced to do so, from the following Observation of
a most ingenious Gentleman, in a Letter to the Editor._ "I am so
jealous, _says he,_ in Behalf of our _in