A new academy of complements: or, the lover's secretary. Being wit and mirth improved by the most elegant expressions used in the art of courtship, in divers examples of writing or Inditing letters, relating either to Love or Business. Also, the silent language: or, A Compleat Rule for discoursing by Motion of the Hand, without being understood by the Company. Together with Instructions for writing Figure Hand, Bills of Exchange, Receipts, casting Accompts, &c. The Signification of Moles, and Interpretation of Dreams. A never-failing Method for Women to get good Husbands. Likewise a pleasant Dialogue between six merry Gossips paying a Visit to a Lying-in-Woman. To which is added, a choice collection of above 120 love-songs, Merry Catches, and Jovial Healths; being the newest now extant. With plain Instructions for Dancing.
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- 1727
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for S. Bates, in Giltspur-Street, and A. Bettesworth, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1727.
Physical description
[8],160p. : ill. ; 120.
Edition
The ninth edition, with additions. ..
References note
ESTC T199982
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.