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.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

• Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([12],84p. )

Other Title:

Essays, relating to the conduct of life

Place of Publication:

London : printed, for E. Curll at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, [1717]

Notes:

• Attributed to Giles Jacob.
• Comprises 21 essays.
• Price from imprint: price 1 s.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T67384.

OCLC:

642663373