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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    But whilft every one is panting after that which he has not, and makes no Account of thofe Things which are actually in his Pofieftion, the Confequence muft be, that fuch Sollicitude muft be productive of Uneaftnefs, and that Uneaftnefs muft end in Mifery, I hope I am fufficiently un- derftood, for I would by no means affeCt to be abftrufe : But left I fhould not be clear enough, I will endeavour to explain, by an Inftance, what my Meaning is : And I will go no farther for an II- luftration than the Subject of this Efiay, which is an Inftrument of fo much Relief and Convenience to every Perfon of both Sexes, and of all Ages, that its Utility is ta¬ citly confefied, by the Confent and Practice of moft Countries in the known World. Now