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Essays, relating to the conduct of life : upon the following subjects. Viz. On self government in general. Choice of a Wife. Choice of a Husband. Circumstances of Husband and Wife. Education of Children. The Station of Life eligible. The Friend and Pretended Friend. The Honest Man. Women and their Vices, with Instructions for their Behaviour. Beauty, and Beauties of the Mind. Single Life and Matrimony. Fortune and Chance. Prosperity and Adversity. Hope and Fear. Courage and Cowardise. Passion, and its Consequences. Slander, and its chief Causes. Thought. Flattery, and its Designs. Gentility. Virtue. The Man truly Great.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Conduct of life.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages,84 pages ; 12⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed, for E. Curll at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, [1717]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Attributed to Giles Jacob.
- Comprises 21 essays.
- Price from imprint: price 1 s.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T67384.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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