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The Lover's instructor; or, The whole art of courtship, rendered plain and easy. Containing I. Ingenious letters, proper for both sexes on love and courtship. II. Elegant love letters in verse. III. The art of personal courtship in several dialogues. IV. Novels and dialogues relative to love. With several other curious particulars. To which is prefix'd, a preface, directing each sex how to make a prudent choice in a partner for life.
Date: [1767?]- Books
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New School of love; being the true art of courtship: Shewing, how every one may know his partner's disposition and temper by the hair, eyes and nose, &c. With the signification of moles in any part of the body; and, the interpretation of dreams, &c. &c. Also, passionate love letters, and answers, &c. &c. To which is added, A choice collection of the newest and very best love songs, toasts and sentiments, &c.
Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The new school of love; being the True Art of Courtship; shewing, How every one may know his Partner's Disposition and Temper by the Hair, Eyes, and Nose, &c. with the signification of Moles in any part of the Body, and the Interpretation of Dreams, &c. &c. Also, passionate Love Letters and Answers, &c. &c. To which are added, a choice Collection of the newest and very best Love Songs, Toasts, Sentiments, &c.
Date: [1800?]- Books
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The lover's instructor: or, the whole art of courtship, rendered plain and easy. Containing: I. Ingenious letters, proper for both Sexes, on Love and Courtship. II. Elegant love letters in verse. III. The art of personal courtship in several Dialogues, IV. Novels and dialogues relative to Love. With several other curious particulars. To which is prefixed, A Preface, directing each sex how to make a prudent choice in a partner for life. To this edition is added a collection of toasts and sentiments, in three classes.
Date: M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Post-Office intelligence: or, universal gallantry. Being, a collection of love-letters, written by persons, in all stations, from most parts of the Kingdom. Faithfully published from their Originals, returned into the General-Post-Office in Lombard-Street, the Parties to whom they were directed being either Dead, or removed from their usual Places of Abode. With rational remarks upon Mr. Pope's letters, and some of his former and late productions.
Date: [1736]- Books
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Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes: extracted chiefly from Monsieur Bayle. Translated from the French by the late John Hughes Esq.
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes. By the late John Hughes, Esq. To which is now first added, the poem of Eloisa to Abelard. By Mr Pope.
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Books
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The Art of courtship, containing, an entertaining dialogue, that passed between William Lawson, and his sweetheart Bessy Gibb. Also, two love-letters which he sent to his sweetheart, and her answers. Likewise, a very homorous account of their marriage. Very beneficial for such blate wooers, or young beginners, as have not gotten the art of courtship. To which are added, two receipts: the one for young men how to wale a good wife; the other for young women how to wale a good husband.
Date: Printed in this present year. [1800?]- Books
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Cases of divorce for several causes; viz. I. Memoirs of the life of Robert Feilding, Esq; containing an Account of his Amours; A Collection of his Love-Letters; Characters of his Mistresses; and a True Copy of his Last Will and Testament. II. The case of Barbara, late Dutchess of Cleaveland, with the whole Proceedings between Her Grace, and Major General Feilding, in Doctors-Commons; and Sir John cooke's Definitive Sentence at Large in this Remarkable Tryal. III. The Case of John Dormer, Esq; IV. The Case of Sir George Downing, Bart. and Mrs. Mary Forester. V. Depositions taken in the Lady Howard's case: Also the Judgment of the most Eminent Divines, &c. Concerning The Dissolution of Marriage. Publish'd from original manuscripts.
Date: [1715]- Pictures
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A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.Date: Mar 1 1843Reference: 29584i- Books
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The delightful new academy of compliments. Being the rarest and most exact art of wooing a maid or widow, by way of dialogue or complimental expressions. With passionate Love Letters, courtly Sentences to express the Elegance of love; and Posies for Gloves and Rings. To which is added, a choice collection of the newest songs, sung at Court and City: Set by the best Wits of the Age.
Date: [1765?]- Books
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A new academy of compliments: or, the complete English secretary. Containing the true art of indicting letters suitable to the capacities of youth and age; relating to familiar Conversation between Friends and Acqaintance, Husband and Wife, Children and Parents, Masters and Apprentices, Brothers and Sisters, and kindred in general; also, Love-Letters on all occasions, with others relating to Trade and Business of all Kinds, in an apt, easy, and plain Style. Likewise, Rules for directing, superscribing, and subscribing of Letters; also the Titles of Persons of Quality, and all other Degrees. With Dialogues very witty and pleasing, relating to Love, familiar Discourse, and other Matters, for the improving the Elegance of the English Speech, and Accomplishment in Discourse. To which is added, I. The art of good breeding, and Behaviour, with Instructions for carving Fish, and Fowl, after the newest Manner. 2. The English Fortune-Teller, as to what relates to good and bad Fortune in Maids, Widows, Widowers and Batchelors. 3. Joyful Tidings to the Female Sex. 4. Treatises of Moles. 5. Interpretation of Dreams. 6. Comical Humours of Jovial London Gossips, in a Dialogue between a Maid, Wife, and Widow, over a Cup of the Creature. With a collection of play-house songs.
Scougal, Henry, 1650-1678.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A new academy of compliments: or the compleat English secretary. Containing the true art of indicting letters, suitable to the capacity of youth and age. Relating to familiar Conversation between Friends and Acquaintance, Husband and Wife, Children and Parents, Masters and Apprentices, Brothers and Sisters, and Kindred in general; also, Love-Letters on all Occasions; with others relating to Trade and Business of all Natures, being suited in an apt, easy, and plain Stile. Likewise Instructions for Directing, Superscribing, and Subscribing of Letters; also the Tides of Persons of Quality, and all other Degrees. With Dialogues very witty and pleasant, relating to Love, Familiar Discourse, and other Matters, for the improving the Elegancy of the English Speech, and Accomplishment in Discourse. To which is added, I. The art of good breeding and behaviour, with Instructions for Carving Fish, Flesh and Fowl, after the newest Manner. 2. The English Fortune-Teller, as to what relates to good and bad Fortune in Maids, Widows, Widowers and Batchelors. 3. Joyful Tydings to the Female Sex. 4. A Treatise of Moles, 5. The Interpretation of Dreams. 6. The Comical Humours of the joyial London Gossips, in a Dialogue between a Maid, a Wife, and a Widow, over a Cup of the Creature. With a collection of the newest play-house songs.
Scougal, Henry, 1650-1678.Date: 1748- Books
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The compleat English secretary, and newest academy of complements. Containing the true art of indicting letters, suitable to the capacity of youth and age. Relating to Familier Conversation between Friends and Acquaintance, Husband and Wife, Children and Parents, Masters and Apprentices, Brothers and Sisters, and Kindred in general; also Love Letters on all Occasions; with others relating to Trade and Business of all Natures, being suited in an apt, easie, and plain stile. Likewise Instructions for Directing, Superscribing and Subscribing Letters; also the titles of Persons of Quality, and all other Degrees. With Dialogues very witry and pleasant, relating to Love, Familiar Discourse, and other Matters for the improving the elegancy of the English Speech, and Accomplishment in Discourse. To which is added. 1. The art of good breeding and behaviour, together with Instructions for Carving Fish Fresh, and Fowl, after the newest Manner. 2. The English Fortune-Teller, as to what relares to good and bad Fortune in Maids, Widows. Widowers and Batchelors. 3. Joyful Tydings to the Female Sex. 4. A Treatise of Moles. 5. The Interpretation of Dreams. 6. The comical humours of the jovial London gossips, in a Dialogue between a Maid, a Wife, and a Widow, over a Cup of the Creature. With a collection of the newest play-house songs.
Scougal, Henry, 1650-1678.Date: 1714- Books
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Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefixed a particular account of their lives, amours & misfortunes. By the late John Hughes, Esq. Together with the poem of Eloisa to Abelard. By Mr. Pope. And, (to which is now added) the poem of Abelard to Eloisa. By Mrs. Madan
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefix'd, a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes, extracted chiefly from Monsieur Bayle. Translated from the French, by the late Mr. John Hughes.
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.Date: MDCCXXIX [1729]- Books
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Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefix'd, a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes. Extracted chiefly from Monsieur Bayle. Translated from the French. The fifth edition, corrected. To which is added, Heloise to Abelard, by Mr. Pope.
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.Date: M,DCC,XXXI. [1731]- Books
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Ovidius Britannicus: or, love epistles. In imitation of Ovid. Being an intreague [sic] betwixt two persons of quality. To which are added. Phaon's answer to Sapho and Theseus answer to Ariadne, ... By David Crauford, Gent.
Craufurd, David, 1665-1726.Date: 1703- Pictures
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A baffled doctor taking the pulse of a love-sick young woman, her maid slips a billet-doux secretly into her hand. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 11202i- Books
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Loves missives to virtue : with essaies / by Robert Beaumont.
Beaumont, Robert, active 1639Date: 1660- Books
Making love in the twelfth century : letters of two lovers in context / a new translation with commentary by Barbara Newman.
Date: [2016]- Books
Poor little sick girls : a love letter to unacceptable women / Ione Gamble.
Gamble, IoneDate: 2022- Pictures
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Entrance to a mosque: a woman dictates a love letter to a man seated at a table, to the right a barber shaves a man. Wood engraving.
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An epistle to Mistress N---v---l. Being a love-letter from a young gentleman in town, to his mistress in the country.
Young Gentleman in Town.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- Pictures
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Actors in role: a young lover/rebel Shirai Gompachi reading a love letter while being led along by a courtesan's child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 11, 1856Reference: 35859i