An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting;: With Proper Rules for the Exercise of that Pleasant Art
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An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting;: With Proper Rules for the Exercise of that Pleasant Art

frequently declare, that you do not believe, that ill-health comes to any one, but through their own self-indulgence.
Make your company so unpleasant, that she shall have no enjoyment in it; and then perpetually upbraid her with not choosing to be always with you.
who have no legal or exterior authority, but who may be said to have an interior power arising from the affection of the person, with whom they are connected,
The more cheerfully she receives you, the more sour and morose do you grow upon the same:
exercise of both your exterior and interior power, as to be insufferably troublesome to all around you.
turning the tables, for making her ask your pardon; and she will, most likely, comply with any terms you shall make, rather than see you uneasy.
find other ways enough to plague him.
one is, the child's own discomfort; and the other is, the Use they are of in Tormenting all your friends and acquaintance.