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 exposed in the following characters, viz. In a young woman of quality. A gentleman's daughter. The daughter of a rich tradesman 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 Public House. In Nurses of all kinds. In a Widow Lady of Quality. Lest 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],72p. )

Other Title:

Epistle to the fair-sex on the subject of drinking

Place of Publication:

London : printed and published by T. Gardner, at Cowley's-Head, opposite St. Clement's Church in the Strand, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

Notes:

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price 1s.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T54919.

OCLC:

642629861