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The husband forc'd to be jealous, or The good fortune of those women that have jealous husbands / A translation by N.H.
Date: 1668- Books
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The fair sex vindicated, from folly and extravagance. An essay. By the Rev. James Penn, Vicar of Clavering, Essex, Domestic Chaplain to Earl Gower, and Lecturer of St. Ann's Aldersgate.
Penn, James, 1727-1800.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
Women in the history of science : a sourcebook / edited by Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Farrah Lawrence-Mackey and Rebecca Martin.
Date: 2023- Books
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The catologue of contented cuckolds : or, a loving society of confessing brethren of the forked order, &c. who being met together in a tavern, declar'd each man his condition, resolving to be contented, and drown'd melancholly in a glass of necktar. To the tune of, Fond boy, &c. or, love's a sweet passion, &c.
Date: [1685?]- Books
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The London cuckold: or, an antient citizens head well fitted with a flourishing pair of fashionable horns : by his buxome young wife, who was well back'd by a coltish spark, in the time of her husbands absence at the campaign on Hounslow-Heath. Tune of, O mother! Roger, &c. This may be printed, R.P.
Date: [1688]- Books
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The politick wife: or, the devil outwitted by a woman.
Date: [1736 - 1763]- Books
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Every-Body's business, is No-Body's Business; or, private abuses, publick grievances: exemplified in the pride, Insolence, and exorbitant wages of our women-servants, footmen, &c. With a proposal for amendment of the same; as also for clearing the Streets of those Vermin call'd Shoe-Cleaners, and substituting in their stead many Thousands of Industrious Poor, now ready to starve. With divers other Hints, of great Use to the Publick. Humbly submitted to the Consideration of our Legislature, and the careful perusal of all Masters and Mistresses of Families. By Andrew Moreton, Esq;
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1725- Books
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Every-Body's business, is no-body's business; or, private abuses, publick grievances: exemplified in the pride, insolence, and exorbitant wages of our women-servants, footmen, &c. With a proposal for amendment of the same; as also for clearing the Streets of those Vermin call'd Shoe-Cleaners, and substituting in their stead many Thousands of Industrious Poor, now ready to starve. With divers other Hints, of great Use to the Publick. Humbly submitted to the Consideration of our Legislature, and the careful perusal of all Masters and Mistresses of Families. By Andrew Moreton, Esq;
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1725]- Books
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Every-Body's business, is no-body's business; or, private abuses, publick grievances: exemplified in the pride, insolence, and exorbitant wages of our women-servants, footmen, &c. With a proposal for amendment of the same; as also for clearing the Streets of those Vermin call'd Shoe-Cleaners, and substituting in their stead many Thousands of Industrious Poor, now ready to starve. With divers other Hints, of great Use to the Publick. Humbly submitted to the Consideration of our Legislature, and the careful perusal of all Masters and Mistresses of Families. By Andrew Moreton, Esq;
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1725]- Books
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Every-Body's business, is no-body's business; or, private abuses, publick grievances: exemplified in the pride, insolence, and exorbitant wages of our women-servants, footmen, &c. With a proposal for amendment of the same; as also for clearing the Streets of those Vermin call'd Shoe-Cleaners, and substituting in their stead many Thousands of Industrious Poor, now ready to starve. With divers other Hints, of great Use to the Publick. Humbly submitted to the Consideration of our Legislature, and the careful perusal of all Masters and Mistresses of Families. By Andrew Moreton, Esq;
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1725]- Books
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The picture gallery. Containing near two hundred paintings by the most distinguished ladies in Great Britain. Among which are the following Capital Pieces, The Widow Brady, - by Dowager Lady A-r. The Libertine reclaimed, - by the D-ss of C-d. The Highland Laddie, - by Lady S-h B-y. The Rake's Progress, - by Lady C-s. Baucis, - by P-ss A-a. Cymon and Iphigene, - by Duchess of D-re. The Careless Husband, - by Ditto. Lady Brute, - by Lady F-l-. The Dust Cart, - by Ditto. Jobson and Nell, - by Duchess of G-r. Old Margaret, - by Mrs. Gr-h-m, late Mrs. Mac-y. The Sweepstakes, - by Dowager D-ss of A-r. An old Woman cloathed in Gray, - by Lady G-ch. Venus making Love, - by the Honorable Mrs. H-b-t. Lavinia bathing, - by Miss H-m. Jephtha's Daughter bewailing her Virginity, by Countess of J-y. Lady Godina riding through Coventry, by Quondam Lady L-r. Bess of Bedlam, - by Lady N-th. An English Seraglio, - by the Countess of O-y. Pandora's Box, - by Lady R-s. Diana Trapes, - by Lady John S-Lle. Robinetta, - by Dowager C-ss of B-m-re. Saint Austin out of his Wits, - by Mrs. W-b-t-n. Desdemona, - by Lady T-d. The Torch of Hymen, - by C-ss of B-l. Gammar Gurton's Needle, - by Dowager Lady T-d, &c. &c. &c. To which are added, critical strictures upon each piece.
Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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Advice to the maidens of London : to forsake their fantastical top-knots; since they are become so common with Billings-gate women, and the wenches that cryes kitchin-stuff: together with the wanton misses of the town. To the tune of, Ye ladies of London. This may be printed, R.P.
Date: [1691?]- Books
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The tragical ballad: or, the lady who fell in love with her serving-man.
Date: [1736 - 1763]- Books
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Man-Midwifery dissected; or, the obstetric family-instructor. For the use of married couples, and single adults of both sexes. Containing A Display of the Management of every Class of Labours by Men and Boy-Midwives; also of their cunning, indecent, and cruel Practices. Instructions to Husbands how to counteract them. A Plan for the complete Instruction of Women who counteract promising Talents, in order to supersede Male-Practice. Various Arguments and Quotations, proving, that Man-Midwifery is a personal, a domestic, and a national Evil. In fourteen letters. Addressed To Alex. Hamilton, M.D.F.R.S. &c. Edinburgh. Occasioned by Certain Doctrines Contained In His Letters To Dr. W. Osborn. By John Blunt, A Student Under Different Teachers, But Not A Practitioner Of The Art.
Fores, S. W. (Samuel William).Date: 1793- Books
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The Ladies' own memorandum-book; or, Daily pocket journal for the year 1782. Designed as a methodical register of all their tranactions of business, as well as amusement. Containing, I. An introductory essay; on human life, considered as a garden. II. Birth-days of thhe principal sovereigns in Europe. III. Table of precedency among ladies. IV. Table of the sun's rising every third day. V. Rules for finding the moveable feast. &c. VI. Remarkable foreign & domestic occurrences in 1781. VII. Journal of the American war. VIII. Birth-days and years of the royal family. IX. An exact table of the window tax. X. Poetical answers to last year's enigmas. XI. Thirteen new enigmas. XII. Answers to the rebusses of last year. XIII. Thirteen new rebusses. XIV. New paradoxes. XV. Answers to the paradoxes of last year. XVI. Several original song and poetical pieces. XVII. A perpetual diary. XVIII. New songs, sung a Vauxhall, &c. last year 1782. XX. Table of the roads. XXI. Useful market tables. XXII. Table of moveable feasts. XXIII. Days, &c. for stocks. By a Lady.
Date: [1781?]- Books
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The works of Aristotle, the famous philosopher. In four parts. Containing I. His complete master-piece; displaying the secrets of Nature in the Generation of Man. - To which is added, The Family Physician; being approved remedies for the several distempers incident to the human body. II. His experienced midwife; absolutely necessary for Surgeons, Midwives, Nurses, and Child-Bearing Women. III. His book of problems; containing various Questions and answers, relative to the state of Man's body. IV. His last legacy, unfolding the Secrets of Nature respecting the Generation of Man.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713.Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- Books
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The life and adventures of Roxana, the fortunate mistress, or, most unhappy wife. In three parts. Containing, I An Account of her Birth in France, and coming to England. - II. Her marriage in London with a Brewer, who run out of his Estate, and left her with five Children. - III. Hercohabiting with her Landlord; their Journey to Paris, where he was robbed and murdered. - IV. Her being fell in Love with by the Prince of-; and seeing her husband in the Gens d'arms Guard. The Prince leaves her, &c. - V. The Dealings she had with a Dutch Merchant and a Jew, the latter of whom wanted to defraud her of a great part of her jewels: her going to Rotterdam, where she sees the Dutch Merchant, to whom she soon after became a Bedfellow. - VI. Her Return to England, where she had the Name of Roxana. Her Marriage with the Dutch Merchant in London, who was naturalized and created a Baronet. The Miseries she and her Maid Amy afterwards fell into. Adorned with a curious Print of Roxana, in her Turkish Dress.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1765- Books
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The newest, best, and very-much esteemed book of knowledge. Being very necessary and useful for the instruction and benefit of all persons. Shewing the effects of the planets and other astronomical constellations; with the strange events that happen to men, women, and children, born under them. Together with the husbandman's practice: or, pregnostication for ever. And the shepherd's perpetual calendar for the weather. Also a brief discourse of the natural causes of meteors; with an account of several remarkable earthquakes, rains, thunders, thunder-bolts, lightnings, comets, blazing-stars, &c. And observations on the weather, and signs foretelling rain. - a brief collection of all the members of man physiognomiz'd. - Signification of moles on man or woman. - Interpretation of dreams. - And Pythagoras's wheel of fortune. With a particular account of the earth and sea: and a description of the most magnificent Temple of Solomon: also of the seven wonders of the world.
Date: 1764- Books
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An essay on the management, nursing, and diseases of children, from the birth: and on the treatment and diseases of pregnant and lying-in women: with remarks on the domestic practice of medicine. The third edition, revised and considerably enlarged. To which is now added, the treatment and diseases of children at more advanced periods of childhood: with observations on mothers nursing their children. The whole designed for Domestic Use, and purposely adapted for Female Comprehension, in a manner perfectly consistent with the Delicacy of the Sex; and suited to the Medical Student and Younger Practitioner. By William Moss, Surgeon to the Liverpool lying-in Charity.
Moss, William.Date: MDCCC. [1800]- Books
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The practical scheme in seven parts. Part I. How Any Person may rightly know whether they have Received a Secret Injury or Not: If Received, In what Degree of Infection: And if Well after Former Cures. - Also How to obtain a Cure without Suspicion, Confinement, or Discovering their case to Others. - Page 3. Part 2. Of the True Method of Cure of Gleets & other such Weaknesses (tho of Ancient Date) without the harrassing Fatigue of Loads of Physick. With a Particular Chapter of Weaknesses, &c. in Women. --- Page 17. Part 3. Of a Broken Constitution by Secret Injuries; Fast Living, Former Cures, Salivations, Mercury, Self Abuses, &c. With a Particular Chapter of Self-Abuses, the Ruin & Bane of the more Flourishing Part of Mankind. - Page 23. Part. 4. The Gout & Rheumatism (now) no longer a Reproach to Physick. - ---Page 33. Part 5. Agues and Intermitting Fevers, much Better & more Certainly Cured without Bleeding, Blistering, Plasters, the Bark, or taking any thing at the Mouth. - -Page 37. Part 6. Of the Ancient and Modern Use of Physical Necklaces for Children. As also of that Celebrated Anodyne. Necklace Recommended by Dr Chamberlen for Childrens Teeth. Page 41. Part 7. Of the Reducing of Physick into a small Compass, & easy & convenient Form & Dose for taking. - Page 47. With a Proposal to Shopkeepers & Others. - Page 48. Dedicated to Dr. Chamberlen. Entered in the Hall-Book. This Book is given gratis up One Pair of Stairs at the Sign of This Anodyne Necklace without Temple-Bar. At Mrs. Garway's the Sign of This Scheme at the R. Exchange Gate. And at Mr. Coopers the Corner of Charles Court in the Strand.
Date: 1720- Books
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Letters from the dead to the living, by Mr. Tho. Brown, Capt. Ayloff, Mr. Hen. Barker, &c. Viz. From Jo. Haines of Merry Memory, to his Friends at Wills. Perkin Warbeck to the pretended Prince of Wales, Abraham Cowley, to the Covent-Garden Society. Charon, to the Illustrious and High-Born Jack Ketch. James the 2d, to Lewis the 14th. Julian late Secretary to the Muses, to Will, Peirre of Lincolns-Inn Play-House Scarren to Lewis Le Grand. Hannibal to the Victorious Prince Eugene of Savoy. Pindar of Toebes, to Tom. D. - Catharine of Medicis, to the Dutchess of Orleans Queen Mary to the Pope. Harlequin, to Father Le Chaise. The Duke of Alva, to the Clergy of France. Philip of Austria, to the Danphia. Juvenal, to Boileau. Diana of Foictiers, to Madam Maintenon. Hugh Spencer the younger, to all the Favourites and Ministers whom it may concern - Julia, to the Princess of Conti. Christina Queen of Sweden, to the Women. Rabelais, to the Physicians. The Mitred Hog; a Dialogue between Furetiere and Scarron. Beau Norton, his Brothers at Hippollito's. Sir Bartholomew -, to Serjeant S -. And several others with their Answers.
Date: Printed in the Year, 1702- Books
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An essay on the management, nursing and diseases of children, from the birth: and on the treatment and diseases of pregnant and lying-in women: With Remarks ON The Domestic Practice Of Medicine. The second edition, revised and considerably enlarged. To which is now added, the treatment and diseases of children At More Advanced Periods Of Childhood: With Observations ON Mothers Nursing Their Children. The whole designed for Domestic Use, and purposely adaped for Female Comprehension, in a manner perfectly consistent with the Delicacy of the Sex; and suited to the Medical Student and Younger Practitioner. By William Moss, Surgeon To The Liverpool Lying-IN Charity.
Moss, William.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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A complete system of book-keeping, after the Italian method: in two parts. Part I. relating to theory, contains Rules for that Purpose never printed before in any Language; so few and short as to be learnt almost in an Instant, and retained without burthening the Memory; and so plain and perfect as that three Hours, or less, are sufficient to teach this whole Branch of it by them. - As also an Explanation of the Manner of keeping Accounts in two Sorts of Specie, namely, Domestic and Foreign for one and the same Article: without which neither Merchants who send Consignments abroad, or receive any Goods from thence for their own Accounts; nor Proprietors of Estates in Ireland, or else-where abroad, who reside here, can keep regular Accounts, and vice versa. - To which is added the Manner of keeping Bank, India, and other Stock after the Italian Method. - As likewise some Candid Animadversions on the erroneous and Imperfect Method of Book-Keeping taught and practised among us, contained in an Essay on Book-Keeping, &c. by Wm. Webster. Part II. relating to practice, contains a Plan of Commerce adapted to the Rules aforesaid, giving proper Examples of every Manner in which a Merchant can engage in Trade, and of the various Cases which may occur to him therein. -As also Directions how to apply the Italian Method of Book-Keeping, on the one Hand, to the Use of Warehousemen, Shopkeepers, &c. and of Proprietors of Estates, Stewards, &c. on the other. - Together with the Form of an Epitome, or Monthly Abstract of a Merchant's Books of Account; very proper to carry always about him, not only for disburthening his Memory, and enabling him to carry on his Business with a less Capital, but to shew him the State of his Affairs, if his Books should be destroyed by Fire, or any other Accident. By John London, late of Tiverton, Merchant.
London, John, merchant.Date: 1758- Books
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Syllabus of lectures on the theory and practice of midwifery: Including The Pathology or general Doctrine of acute and chronic Diseases incident to Women and Children, with their Treatment and Cure. - For the clearer Demonstration of operative Midwisery (whether simply by the Hand, or Application of Instruments) the several Methods of assisting in laborious and preternatural Labours, will not only be described according to the most approved modern Practice, but likewise distinctly shewn by an artificial Representation of each difficult Case, upon Machines of a new Construction. The whole will be illustrated by such Anatomical Preparations as are applicable to each Lecture; with various Observations, extraordinary Cases, and necessary Cautions; but particularly, by real Labours. By John Leake, M. D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and Physician to the Westminster Lying-in Hospital, At his House in Craven-Street in the Strand.
Leake, John, 1729-1792.Date: 1782- Books
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A scheme for a new lottery for the ladies; or, a husband and coach and six for forty shillings. To which is added, a poem in favour of the said lottery, to encourage Maids, Widows, Single Women, Bachelors, and Widowers, to put in. - Also a Scheme scor'd in Lines, with the several Prizes, where Ladies may direct themselves by pricking Blindfold, to try their Fortunes in the said lottery 'till the Time of drawing.
Date: [1730?]