A modern dissertation on a certain necessary piece of household furniture.

Date:
1752
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A modern dissertation on a certain necessary piece of household furniture. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fcribe the Deepnefs of fuch Mifery ? What fhall he do ? Where fhall he go ? The Night is cold and dark; the Windows are Cafements and „ too high, or Safhes and ftrongly barred; the Chimney has a Flower¬ pot in it, or a bright Steel Grate ; the Cups on the Mantle-piece are too fmall; nothing of Capacity enough to afford any Degree of Re¬ lief, except the Slippers, which are alfo equally ineffectual, unlefs they could afterward be fixed upright upon the Toe : What a miferable Wretch is a Man in thefe dreadful Circumftances! and what is Mo¬ ney, Preferment, or Honour, when he would be glad to exchange them all for a little Six-penny Pot de Chambre ! Having now introduced my Sub¬ ject, I fhall endeavour to handle it in the beft Manner I am able, and to,