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「Google Books」(1775; London, 1781).
“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)
