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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    Now when a Money - getting Tradefman is by daily Application in his Shop, and continual Meannefs out of it, labouring to raife to him- felf the inconceivable Happinefs of One Hundred Thoufand Pounds: Or, when a well-brufh’d Divine is fweatiiig. from Levee to Levee, and bows, nods, fhrugs, whifpers, and fmiles after Preferment: Or, when a noble Lord is felling himfelf, and his Friends, and his Intereft, and his Reputation, in order to obtain fuperior Rank, or a different-co¬ loured Ribbon : It is certain, that thefe feveral bufy Perfons never re¬ flect upon the exceeding Privilege they enjoy, in common with others, of the free and almoft hourly Ufe of the convenient Utenfil now under Confideration. On the other hand, fuppofe they were to be deprived of that Con-