That the secretary, for keeping the minutes, be allowed one shilling per night, to be paid out of the money already in his hands.
That after the queries are begun reading, all discourse foreign to them shall be deemed impertinent.
When any thing from reading an author is mentioned, if it exceed a line, and the Junto require it, the person shall bring the passage or an abstract of it in writing the next night, if he has it not with him.
When the books of the library come, every member shall undertake some author, that he may not be without observations to communicate.
How shall we judge of the goodness of a writing? or what qualities should a writing on any subject have, to be good and perfect in its kind?
Answer 1. To be good it ought to have a tendency to benefit the reader by improving his virtue or his knowledge.
The method should be just, that is, it should proceed regularly from things known to things unknown, distinctly and clearly, without confusion.
The words used should be the most expressive that the language affords, provided they are the most generally understood.