An epistle to the fair-sex, On the Subject of Drinking. In which the particular consequences of this most prevailing custom are fully and fairly expos'd in the following characters, viz. In a young woman of quality. A gentleman's daughter. The daughter of a rich tradesma Of a middling Tradesman. Of a common Tradesman. A House-Keeper. A Lady's-Woman. A common Servant. A married Lady of Quality. A Gentleman's Lady. The Wife of a Clergyman. Of an eminent Tradesman. Of a middling Tradesman. Of a common Tradesman. Of a Captain. A Wife engaged in separate Business. A Wife keeping a Publick-House. In Nurses of all kinds. In a Widow Lady of Quality. Left in narrow Circumstances. Left to carry on Business. Of a Clergyman or Officer. The whole intended to reclaim such as have inadvertently fallen into this pernicious practice; and to prevent others from being corrupted by their examples.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],55,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Epistle to the fair-sex,

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by G. Faulkner, Bookseller, in Essex-Street, M,DCC,XLIV. [1744]

Notes:

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T184559.

OCLC:

642507721