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Thomas Percival

A Father's Instructions

Moral Tales: Taking of Birds-Nests


[1775] Thomas Percival, "Moral Tales: Taking of Birds-Nests," in A Father's Instructions; Consisting of Moral Tales, Fables, and Reflections; Designed to Promote the Love of Virtue, A Taste for Knowledge, and an Early Acquaintance with the Works of Nature (1775; London, 1781; Google Books: Online Library of Free eBooks).

"A BOY, who was a great destroyer of nests, had carefully preserved one, that he might enjoy the cruel pleasure of confining in a cage the poor birds, who had the same natural right to liberty with himself. (7)

Animal Rights History Timeline: Enlightenment [1660-1785]

Restoration [1660-1689]
Augustan-Age of Pope [1689-1745]
Age of Sensibility [1745-1785]


Animal Rights History-Timeline

[1740-1804] Thomas Percival

[1775] A Father's Instructions
Moral Tales: Taking of Birds-Nest
Moral Tales: Cruelty in Experiments
Moral Tales: The Dog
Moral Tales: Canary Bird-Red Linnet
Moral Tales: The Ass
Moral Tales: Cruelty to Horses

The Bookworm, Carl Spitzweb
The Bookworm, Carl Spitzweg



Animal Rights History Timeline: Enlightenment [1660-1785]

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Augustan-Age of Pope [1689-1745]
Age of Sensibility [1745-1785]


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